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| Iraq |
| Officer, gunman killed in attack on medical compound in Anbar |
| 2010-07-01 |
| ANBAR / Aswat al-Iraq: A police officer and a gunman were killed and three people were wounded in an armed attack in west of Anbar, a security source said on Wednesday. "Unknown gunmen killed a police officer in an armed attack on a medical compound in central Heit district, west of Anbar," the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. "Policemen clashed with the attackers, killing one of them, while two passing civilians, including a woman, and a gunman were wounded," he added. More: A gunman blew himself up on Wednesday when policemen arrested him after an attack on a medical compound in western Anbar, according to a security source. “Policemen arrested a wounded gunman after clashes with an armed group, which attacked a medical compound in Heit district, western Anbar,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The gunman blew up an explosive belt strapped to his body after the forces arrested him, leaving an unspecified number of casualties,” he added, noting that security authorities imposed a curfew on the district. |
| Posted by:Steve White |