Ten police shot dead in Baghdad dawn attacks

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – At least 10 Iraqi policemen were shot
dead in five separate attacks in Baghdad on Tuesday, an
Interior Ministry official said.

In one attack, four policemen on patrol were killed by
insurgents using automatic weapons on a major highway in the
eastern part of the Iraqi capital.

The attacks all took place between 7:30 a.m. and 9 a.m.
(0330-0500 GMT).