BAGHDAD - At least six people were killed in attacks in Iraq on Wednesday, including two police officers and a leader of a group fighting Al-Qaeda, security officials said.
Gunmen shot dead two police intelligence officers in the central Shiite city of Hilla as they visited friends, police Lieutenant Kadhim al-Khafazi said. Two other officers were wounded in the attack.
In a separate attack, gunmen shot dead another policeman in front of his house in Hilla, he added. Hilla is the capital of the Shiite province of Babil which was handed over by US forces to Iraqi troops a week ago.
In Diyala, a province northeast of Baghdad, three people were killed when armed men attacked the house of a leader of a group fighting Al-Qaeda.
A security official said suspected Al-Qaeda fighters attacked Abdel Karim Hassan's house in Dahalka village, east of the provincial capital Baquba, and his father, daughter and a son-in-law were killed in a firefight.
Hassan was wounded along with 13 other members of his family, including his wife, he said.
Baquba and its surrounding province of Diyala remains one of Iraq's most dangerous regions and where security forces are carrying out sustained military sweeps targeting Al-Qaeda fighters.
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