Gunmen raided a bakery in the south of the capital, shooting dead four employees. When police arrived on the scene, a roadside bomb exploded and killed an officer. Gunmen also ambushed police in the west of the city, shooting dead two officers.
Danish authorities, meanwhile, say a Danish soldier was killed and another injured when their patrol vehicle hit a bomb north of Al-Basrah on March 23.
Denmark has 530 soldiers station in southern Iraq under British command.
(AFP, dpa)
THE COMPLETE STORY: RFE/RL's complete coverage of events in Iraq and that country's ongoing transition.
Danish authorities, meanwhile, say a Danish soldier was killed and another injured when their patrol vehicle hit a bomb north of Al-Basrah on March 23.
Denmark has 530 soldiers station in southern Iraq under British command.
(AFP, dpa)
Iraq In Transition
Iraq In Transition
THE COMPLETE STORY: RFE/RL's complete coverage of events in Iraq and that country's ongoing transition.
