| Two Iraqi policemen were killed on Sunday when a roadside bomb exploded near their patrol in eastern Baghdad, while a suicide car bomber killed five policemen in Ramadi. Following the detonation of the roadside bomb, gunmen sped by in a car and showered the policemen with machine gun fire, a police officer said. Three policemen and three civilians in the area were wounded, the officer added. The explosion and shooting occurred around 10am in east BaghdadÂ’s Zayona neighborhood. Separately, Police Captain Abbas Al-Dulaimi said the suicide car bombing was aimed at a police station in the eastern side of Ramadi. He said 14 people had been wounded in the blast, including three policemen, adding that the casualty count might rise. Also Sunday, the bullet-riddled body of a senior police commander was discovered in Basra, IraqÂ’s second-largest city, police said. Colonel Nasser Hamoud, who was in charge of the cityÂ’s prisons, had been kidnapped along with three of his guards the day before, another officer said. The guards were released a few hours later, he added. |