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Iraqi fighter jet drops bomb over Baghdad, kills 12 people

The plane — one of several Sukhois used by Iraq in the fight against the Islamic State group — was returning to base when the accident happened.

Military spokesman, Brig. Gen. Saad Maan Ibrahim, told The Associated Press that a technical failure caused the Sukhoi jet to malfunction and drop the bomb, which hit a number of houses in the Iraqi capital's eastern neighborhood of New Baghdad.