WARSAW, Aug 11 (AFP) - Iraqi national guards and rebels clashed in the southern Iraqi city of Kut Wednesday, killing and injuring several people on both sides, a spokesman for the Polish multinational force said.
"Groups of armed rebels attacked city hall, as well as police and national guard posts. There are deaths and injuries on both sides," Artur Domanski said according to Polish news agency PAP.
"How many deaths and injuries occurred is unknown," the spokesman said, adding that Ukrainian troops stationed in the area as part of the force were on alert.
But he said that troops belonging to the multinational force under Polish command would not be used to defend public buildings in the city.
Earlier in the day, two Iraqi national guards were killed in Kut when militias blocked city roads and besieged the regional governor's building, according to an AFP correspondent.