Iraqi authorities say the head of a special counterinsurgency police unit, Colonel Salam al-Mam'uri, was among the dead.
Another 12 police officers were injured by the blast.
(Reuters)
RFE/RL Iraq Report
RFE/RL Iraq Report
(RFE/RL) Iraq, October 13, 2006 - A bomb planted inside a police station in the Iraqi city of Al-Hillah killed six people today.
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