Death toll from clashes in Iraq's Nassiriya at 35

BAGHDAD, June 19 (Reuters) The death toll from two days of fighting between gunmen loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and Iraqi police in the southern city of Nassiriya has risen to 35, with 125 people wounded, a hospital doctor said today.

The clashes erupted on Sunday night when police attacked a Sadr office in Nassiriya in an apparent response to an attack on a local police commander, who was wounded.

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