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BAGHDAD: Violent deaths in Iraq more than doubled in October compared to the previous month, official figures showed on Monday, with 410 people killed across the country.
The death toll was largely higher because of twin suicide vehicle bombings in Baghdad on October 25 that killed more than 150 people, in the deadliest day of violence that Iraq has suffered in more than two years.
Statistics compiled by the defence, interior and health ministries showed that 343 civilians, 42 police and 25 soldiers were killed in October, with only the military figure falling from September.
The figures were markedly higher than the previous month, which saw a total of 203 people die as a result of violence, which was the lowest death toll since May, offering cautious optimism that security was improving in Iraq.
There were also 1,275 civilians, 135 police and 90 soldiers wounded in October, according to the latest data. Thirty-eight insurgents were killed and 585 arrested - both increases over September.
- AFP/sc
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