Iraqi police chief killed in Baghdad roadside bombing

BAGHDAD (AFP) — A Baghdad police chief was killed and two policemen wounded when their car hit a roadside bomb in the capital, said police and hospital sources.

Colonel Moyad Bashar al-Shamari was travelling to work with two sergeants when their car hit a roadside bomb at around 7:40 am (0340 GMT) close to the Abu Jafaar al-Mansour square west of the city centre, according to Omar Moyad, second lieutenant at the Al-Mamoun police station.

Shamari died of his wounds shortly after he was taken to Yarmouk hospital, according to doctors there.

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