Sunday, September 22, 2024

Baghdad

2 policemen killed, wounded in Falluja attack

ANBAR / IraqiNews.com: An Iraqi policeman was killed and another wounded in an attack by a group of unknown gunmen in the city of al-Falluja on Sunday, according to a local police source. “Unidentified gunmen opened fire from light weapons on two policemen on duty in a checkpoint close to a car exhibition in central Falluja, west of Baghdad, killing one of them and wounding another,” the source told Aswat a-Iraq news agency. He added that the city’s security forces cordoned off the main street, passing through the center of Falluja, as a precautionary measure to avoid further armed attacks. Falluja, the largest city in the predominantly province of al-Anbar, lies 45 km west of Baghdad. SKH (P)/AmR 1