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WORLD BRIEFING / IRAQ

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Times Staff and Wire Reports

A man being questioned in connection with deadly double bombings in Baghdad seized a gun and killed an investigative officer during an interrogation, and then shot himself, the government said.

The man, who was not identified, grabbed a gun from a guard, wounded him and killed the investigative officer at Interior Ministry offices. He then fatally shot himself.

The man was being questioned about attacks last Sunday that killed 155 people.

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