4 policemen killed in attack on government building in north of Baghdad

BAGHDAD, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Four policemen were killed and two others injured Monday in a bomb and gunfire attack on a government building in a town in north of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.

The attack took place at dawn when gunmen in a car threw a hand grenade and opened fire on the guards of the municipality of Tarmiyah, some 30 km north of Baghdad, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

The day before, the town was the scene of another deadly attack when gunmen broke into the house of a bodyguard of the mayor of Tarmiyah and shot him dead with his wife, sister and two daughters.

The attackers then planted bombs into the house and blew them up before they fled the scene.

Insurgents continue daily attacks including suicide bombings across Iraq since the U.S. troops pulled out of the country late last year.

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