Police officer gunned down in al-Shurqat

SALAH AL-DIN / IraqiNews.com: A police officer was killed late Thursday by gunmen in al-Shurqat district, a police source said on Friday. “Unknown gunmen attacked a police officer driving a civilian car near his house in al-Shurqat district, killing him on the spot,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Police forces started a crackdown operation to arrest the killers,” he added, without giving more details. Al-Shurqat is 100 km north of Tikrit, the capital of Salah al-Din, which lies 175 km north of Baghdad. SH (TP) 681