June 23, 2014 01:29 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 06:45 pm IST - Baghdad
At least 57 people are killed in clashes between police forces and militants, who attacked a security convoy transporting prisoners in Iraq’s Hilla city.
The clashes, which took place 100 kilometres south of Baghdad, left 50 prisoners and seven militants dead and three police officers injured.
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