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Mourners carry the coffins of bomb victims, Haider Faris, 11, and his brother, Sajad Faris, 10, during their funeral in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Jaber al-Helo)
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An Iraqi policeman gave his own life Wednesday in an attempt to protect Shiite pilgrims, embracing a suicide bomber just moments before an attack to shield others from the blast.
The bomber struck in Khales, northeast of Baghdad, killing five people and wounding 10, a police colonel and a doctor said.
The police hero was named as Ayyub Khalaf, 34, who was married and had two children, aged six and nine.
The Khales bombing was the latest in a series of attacks targeting Shiite pilgrims, including two in Baghdad province that killed at least eight pilgrims on Tuesday, and two car bombings that took the lives of at least 24 dead on Monday.
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Categories: Arab World, Asia, Iraq