Four Iraqi police killed in ambush south of Kirkuk

Wed Jun 27, 2007 2:07pm EDT
 
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Four Iraqi policemen were killed in an ambush on Wednesday near the oil city of Kirkuk when gunmen opened fire on their vehicles, police said.

A fifth policeman was wounded in the attack, which happened south of Kirkuk, a restive city of Sunni and Shi'ite Arabs, Turkmen and Kurds that lies 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, the police said.

 

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