Armed men who attacked Baghdad hospital arrested, says police

Baghdadpolicesaid Saturday they hadarresteda group of relatedmenwhoallegedlyattackedahospital, as a security source told AFP thearmedassault was carried out in retaliation after four Covid patients died when their oxygen was cut.

Security forces "arrestedanarmedgroup whichattackedal-Kindihospital", one of the main ones in the Iraqi capital, apolicestatement said.

About ten people were involved in the attack and were allarrested, the security source said.

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They belonged to the family of one of the four patientswhodied earlier when a power cut turned off ventilators, according to this source.

The situation inhospitalsacross the country has often been catastrophic during the pandemic.

There have been two deadly fires in less than three months in Covid-19 units, with one killing more than 80 people inBaghdadin April and the most recent killing at least 60 on Monday in southern Nassiriya.

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed more than 17,700 lives in Iraq, Covid units have been hastily built to care for patients. The country, however, remains subject to incessant power cuts.