BAGHDAD — A policeman was killed and another wounded when resolving tribal clashes in the southern Iraqi province of Muthanna, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

The incident occurred late on Monday night when armed men from two tribes clashed over an agricultural land near the provincial capital Samawah, prompting police intervention to resolve the armed dispute, according to the statement.

It said that the clash resulted in the killing of a policeman and the wounding of another, while the police arrested 60 persons from both tribes and seized many weapons.

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