Police officer killed in armed attack in western Baghdad
August 21, 2010 - 08:20:45

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: A police lieutenant colonel was killed in an armed attack in western Baghdad, a local police source said on Saturday.

“Unknown gunmen last night used guns with silencers to attack the officer while he was driving in al-Harthiya neighborhood, western Baghdad,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

He noted that the officer died instantantly while the gunmen were able to escape to an unknown place.

In a separate incident, the same source said that a civilian was wounded in blast in southern Baghdad.

“One civilian was wounded when a sticky bomb attached to his car went off in al-Saydiya neighborhood, southern Baghdad,” the source said, giving no more details.

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