Iraqi police has said that a local Al-Qaeda leader was killed early on Saturday. He was killed in a police raid on his home north of Baghdad.Abu Omar al-Dori resisted police for about an hour before he was killed at around 4 am in his house in downtown Samarra, a police officer said. The officer spoke on condition of anonymity, as he was not authorised to speak to media. Samarra is mostly a Sunni Muslim town, about 95 kilometre north of the Baghdad. Al-Dori was assigned to lead al-Qaida in Iraq operations in Samarra just one week ago, said the police. It was unclear whether his predecessor was killed or captured. The US military has not given any comment on the incident.