Baghdad (CNN) -- Violence in Iraq surged last month, with 365 deaths reported, the Interior Ministry said Monday.
That's the deadliest single month since August 2010, when the toll reached 426, the ministry said.
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Baghdad's Shiite-dominated government has blamed the recent attacks on Sunni insurgents with ties to al Qaeda.
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