Police families killed in Iraq bombing

Peter Cave

Last Updated: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:00:00 +1100

A bomb attack in central Iraq at the home of two policemen has killed all 10 of their family members, including women and children.

Brothers Ahmed and Jihad Zuwaiyin shared a house with their families in Mussayib, a predominently Shiite town 60 kilometres north of Baghdad.

The area is formerly known as the triangle of death because of its mixed Shiite and Sunni communities and frequent sectarian violence.

The insurgents placed several IEDs around the house before detonating them in the early hours of the morning.

The blast destroyed the house killing everyone inside including six children aged under 10.

Six neighbouring houses were damaged and four people were injured.

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