2 cops killed in Samarra

SALAH AL-DIN / IraqiNews.com: Two policemen were killed on Friday in an armed attack in central Samarra, according to a security source. “Unknown gunmen opened fire on a police vehicle patrol in al-Qadissiya neighborhood in central Samarra, south of Tikrit, killing two policemen,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. Tikrit, the capital of Salah al-Din, lies 175 km north of Baghdad. SH (P) 57