Sunday, January 30 2005 20:35 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Baghdad: Insurgents killed 30 civilians and six police in attacks during Iraq's election today (Jan 30, 2005), the Interior Ministry said.

A Ministry official, quoting police reports, said that 96 people - 83 civilians and 13 police - had been injured.

The toll did not include suicide bombers who died carrying out attacks.

The official said 26 Iraqi and three Egyptian suspected insurgents had been detained.

The dead civilians included three women and one child, the official said.

Interior Minister Falah al-Nakib told reporters earlier that the attacks carried out had been less than 10 per cent of what he had expected.