4 POLICE OFFICERS KILLED IN BAGHDAD ATTACK
Baku, August 7 (AZERTAC). Four Iraqi police officers were killed and eight others wounded during a raid at a home in southwestern Baghdad, Interior Ministry officials said Saturday.
The incident happened Friday night after police got a tip about militants using a home to store weapons.
Suspects fired on police as they arrived at the home, triggering an hour-long shootout. The suspects fled from the scene.
Police found grenades, machine guns and pistols equipped with silencers in the home.
In a separate incident in northwestern Baghdad, gunmen attacked a police vehicle, killing one officer and wounding another.
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