5 cops killed in attack on Anbar checkpoint

ANBAR / IraqiNews.com: Five Iraqi policemen have been killed in an armed attack on a police checkpoint in west Iraq’s Anbar Province on Tuesday, an Anbar security source reported. “A group of unknown armed men have launched an attack on a police checkpoint in Rubta township of west Iraq’s Anbar Province on Tuesday, killing 5 of its elements,” the security source told IraqiNews.com news agency. The city of Ramadi, the center of Anbar Province, on Monday witnessed a booby-trapped car explosion close to Anbar‘s Investment Commission, wounding 4 civilians, and setting 4 civilian cars ablaze. In another incident, a group of gunmen attacked Ramadi’s Police Directorate, killing 7 policemen;  3 other explosions rocked the city on the same day, causing several casualties.