Scattered attacks Sunday across the capital of Baghdad left two policemen dead, including a senior police official, according to police and hospital officials. Lt. Col. Imad Hatam, deputy director of the Kazimiyah police station in northern Baghdad, was killed by unknown gunmen as he was leaving his home for work, confirmed Dr. Muhannad Jawad of Yarmouk Hospital. Two mortar shells fell near Ministry of Interior and the police academy in central Baghdad, killing one officer, a police official said under condition of anonymity. A Baghdad city employee was seriously wounded in a drive-by shooting in western Baghdad as he headed to work, said Capt Talib Thamir of the Amil police station. It was unclear who the assailants were, he was quoted as saying by The Associated Press.
