Iraq ambush toll climbs to 35
Friday, 26 September 2008
BAQUBA, (Iraq), Sept 25 (AFP): The death toll from an ambush against Iraqi police in the restive province of Diyala has risen to 35, a local mayor told AFP Thursday.
Gunmen struck on Wednesday in the village of Al-Dulaimat near the town of Khan Bani Saad north of Baghdad, in one of the worst attacks against police in recent times.
Gunmen shot dead 12 policemen and eight anti-Qaeda fighters, a security official said on Wednesday.
But the town mayor Naif Abdullah said another 15 wounded policemen who were sent to a hospital in Baghdad were dead on arrival.
Gunmen struck on Wednesday in the village of Al-Dulaimat near the town of Khan Bani Saad north of Baghdad, in one of the worst attacks against police in recent times.
Gunmen shot dead 12 policemen and eight anti-Qaeda fighters, a security official said on Wednesday.
But the town mayor Naif Abdullah said another 15 wounded policemen who were sent to a hospital in Baghdad were dead on arrival.