Gunmen attacked two Iraqi jails in an attempt to free prisoners overnight, killing at least 12 members of the security forces and wounding another 40, officials said on Monday.
The coordinated attacks on the prisons of Taji, north of Baghdad, and Abu Ghraib, west of the Iraqi capital, lasted about 10 hours, they said.
Seven inmates managed to escape from Abu Ghraib during the clashes, a police colonel said.
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