Defense-Technology News: DTN News: Iraq TODAY August 9, 2010 - Two Killed, Including Police, In Baghdad Blast

DTN News: Iraq TODAY August 9, 2010 - Two Killed, Including Police, In Baghdad Blast

Source: DTN News / AFP

(NSI News Source Info) BAGHDAD, Iraq - August 9, 2010: Two people were killed, including a traffic policeman, in a roadside bomb at a police station in western Baghdad on Monday, an interior ministry official said.

Ten others including seven traffic policemen were wounded in the attack which occurred in the morning at the traffic police's Ghazaliyah bureau, the official added. The attack was the latest in a string of shootings and explosions that have targeted traffic officers in the capital, worsening already severe gridlock during rush-hour. Traffic policemen, who typically do not wear bullet-proof vests or carry any weapons but a pistol, have begun wielding Kalashnikov assault rifles in recent days in response to the apparently increased threat.

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