HILLA - An Iraqi policeman and nine relatives were killed as they slept when terrorists militants bombed their home south of Baghdad on Thursday, police sources said, in the latest attack on local officials and security forces.
The terrorists attackers planted bombs around the outside walls of the house shortly after 1 a.m. in the town of Mussayab, about 40 km (25 miles) north of the city of Hilla, two police sources said. The blasts destroyed the house, killing four men, four women and two children, the sources said.
Soldiers, police, government workers and politicians are frequent targets as terrorists insurgents try to undermine the government and challenge the rebuilt security forces.
On Wednesday, terrorists gunmen in a speeding car, killed two off-duty policemen in southeastern Kirkuk. The two brothers were killed in front of their house. |