Baghdad, August 29: Three policemen were killed and seven of their colleagues wounded on Saturday by a suicide car bomber who targeted their base northwest of Baghdad, police said.
The incident happened in Al-Sharqat, 270 kilometres (168 miles) northwest of the capital, around 8.00 am (0500 GMT), according to an officer speaking on condition of anonymity.
Al-Sharqat is located 100 kilometres north of Tikrit, the home town of the executed dictator Saddam Hussein, in Salaheddin province.
–Agencies