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BAGHDAD, Iraq – Gunmen attacked the detention wing of a hospital northeast of Baghdad in a daring daylight raid Sunday and freed more than a dozen wounded prisoners, police said.
Three of the estimated 13 prisoners were recaptured after the attack, which occured around 2 p.m at the main hospital in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, police said.
Four policemen were killed and another was wounded in the attack, according to police officials.
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