Large group of Iraqi police attacked
April 14, 2006
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A large group of policemen transporting
police vehicles near Baghdad were hit by a roadside bomb and
authorities were still trying to determine casualties, Interior
Ministry and police sources said on Friday.
The sources said they feared at least 30 policemen were
either dead or missing after Thursday’s attack.
The sources said the policemen were ambushed by insurgents
as they headed toward their headquarters in Najaf in southern
Iraq.
A senior Najaf police official, General Abbas Mohammad,
said 88 policemen were sent to Baghdad to bring the vehicles
back and that at least six were killed, 10 were wounded and 50
missing after the bombing, which was followed by insurgents
opening fire on the convoy.
Source: reuters
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