Three police killed in Iraq attacks

HILLA: Two blasts in a town south of Baghdad, one of which targeted policemen rushing to the scene of an initial attack, killed three policemen and wounded three others on Sunday, officials said.

An initial roadside bomb explosion at 10:00 am (0700 GMT) in the town of Jurf al-Sakhr, 60 kilometres (35 miles) south of the capital, killed three policemen, a police major and a medic at the main hospital in provincial capital Hilla said. Both spoke on condition of anonymity.

When another police unit arrived at the scene of the attack, another blast went off, wounding three more policemen, the officials said.

Among the wounded was the town's police chief Colonel Mohammed al-Hamdani. (AFP)