Lieutenant Colonel Imad Hatam Khalaf, deputy head of the Khadamiyah police station in the north of the city, was driving to work when gunmen pulled up in a car next to him and shot him dead.
Earlier, another policeman was killed when a mortar shell was fired at government buildings in the center of Baghdad, exploding between the Interior Ministry and the police academy.
(AFP/AP)
[For the latest news on Iraq, see RFE/RL's webpage on "The New Iraq".]
Earlier, another policeman was killed when a mortar shell was fired at government buildings in the center of Baghdad, exploding between the Interior Ministry and the police academy.
(AFP/AP)
[For the latest news on Iraq, see RFE/RL's webpage on "The New Iraq".]