BASRA ( 2008-03-25 20:56:39 ) :
The death toll from fierce fighting on Tuesday between Iraq's security forces and the Mahdi Army militia in the southern city of Basra has risen to seven, police and health officials said.
Police Major Abbas Youssef said the bodies of four people were brought to Al-Mawani hospital in the city centre while 18 wounded people were treated at the facility.
At the Al-Fayha military hospital, officials said the bodies of two Iraqi soldiers and a child had been received while 30 people were admitted -- 24 members of the Iraqi security forces and six civilians.
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