To a safer place: Trapped civilians are loaded in a truck to be taken to safe places as Iraqi security forces clearing the Soufiya neighborhood of Islamic State fighters in central Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan
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Iraqi officials say a string of roadside bombs and a shooting have left nine people dead and 33 wounded across the capital.
Thursday's violence comes one day after Iraqi authorities announced that construction had begun on a wall and trench around Baghdad to prevent militants and explosive-laden cars from entering the capital, where bombings and suicide attacks have been commonplace for over a decade.
Most attacks on Baghdad are linked to Sunni militants and tend to target members of the Shiite-dominated security forces and civilians.
The security and hospital officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. (ags)
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