At least 11 Iraqis have been killed when gunfire broke out after a roadside bombing in eastern Baghdad near Sadr City, police have said.
Sadr City itself remained calm, a day after some 10,000 Iraqi troops fanned out in the district in the government’s biggest move yet to establish control in the area.
Mahdi Army fighters were not visible in the streets of Sadr City, and long-closed shops began to reopen in parts of the district hardest hit by past clashes.
Iraqi soldiers and police are setting up more checkpoints to beef up their hold there.
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