Large group of Iraqi police attacked
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-04-14 16:02 A large group of policemen
transporting police vehicles near Baghdad were hit by a roadside bomb and
authorities were still trying to determine casualties, Interior Ministry and
police sources said on Friday.
The sources said they feared at least 30 policemen were either dead or
missing after Thursday's attack.
The sources said the policemen were ambushed by insurgents as they headed
toward their headquarters in Najaf in southern Iraq.
A senior Najaf police official, General Abbas Mohammad, said 88 policemen
were sent to Baghdad to bring the vehicles back and that at least six were
killed, 10 were wounded and 50 missing after the bombing, which was followed by
insurgents opening fire on the convoy.
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