16 People died in Baghdad on Iraq Election Day‎

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Iraqi police and hospital officials say a mortar attack in Baghdad has killed around 16 people in western Baghdad bringing the number of people who’ve died as Iraqis go to the polls Sunday to seven.

Officials said part of the building was destroyed, and ten others were wounded in the incident.

All the officials spoke on condition of anonymity.

An Associated Press photographer on the scene described rescuers pulling bodies from the building, but police prevented anyone from filming or taking pictures.

Insurgents have vowed to disrupt Iraq’s nationwide parliamentary election, and the opening of polls was met with a volley of mortar attacks and bombings across the city and explosions in other parts of the country.

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