Seven Iraqi cops killed

2005-01-17 10:24

Baiji, Iraq - Seven Iraqi policemen were killed and 15 wounded in a suicide car bomb in front of a police station in the northern town of Baiji, a senior police officer told reporters.

"A Caprice-type vehicle managed to force past the first checkpoint and the suicide bomber slammed his car into an inner gate of the police station, causing a large explosion," Lieutenant Colonel Hassan Salah said.

Earlier on Monday, eight Iraqis, including seven members of the Iraqi army, were killed in an attack on a checkpoint near Baquba, further south.

- AFP