PUKmedia     18.06.2010     12:02:58

June 17, 2010 -

DIALA / Aswat al-Iraq: Two policemen were killed and three others wounded in an attack with an improvised explosive device (IED) that targeted their headquarters in eastern Diala province on Thursday, according to a local official.

“An IED went off near al-Quds police station in al-Mukhisa village, Abi Saida, al-Muqdadiya district, (45 km) east of Baaquba, leaving two policemen killed and three others injured,” Awwad al-Rubaie, a member of the Abi Saida municipal council, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

A security source, who spoke to Aswat al-Iraq on customary condition of anonymity, confirmed the incident and its details.

Baaquba, the capital city of the restive province of Diala, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad.