The deputy police chief of Baghdad and his son, also a police officer, were shot dead Monday, and a suicide car bomb went off inside a police station courtyard, killing at least four policemen, The AP reported.
On Monday, Brig. Amer Ali Nayef and his son, Lt. Khalid Amer, were assassinated in Baghdad's south Dora district while traveling in a car on their way to work, said a spokesman for the interior ministry, Capt. Ahmed Ismail.
In the other attack Monday, a suicide car bomb exploded in the courtyard of a police station in southern Baghdad Monday, killing at least four policemen and injuring 10 others, police and witnesses said. A fake police car packed with explosives was used in the bombing.
The explosion took place at 8 a.m. in the Zafarniyah district, police commissioner Abdul Khaleq Hussein said. Witnesses said the blast occurred as policemen were changing shifts.
Also Monday, the Iraqi government said in a statement that authorities have recently detained 147 suspects throughout the country.
Iraqi Human Rights Minister Bakhtiyar Amine said last month that 335 foreigners were currently being held by multinational Forces in Iraq. The vast majority are from Arab countries, including 56 Syrians, 59 Saudis and 61 Egyptians.
