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Gunmen
pretending to be an official security force opened fire on police at
numerous checkpoints in Haditha, Iraq, early Monday, killing 27,
authorities said.
Three of the attackers were killed in shootouts with officers, according to Khalid Salman, head of the Haditha local council
In addition to the 27 killed, three officers were wounded, Salman said.
At
least 14 black SUVs with more than 30 gunmen disguised in SWAT-style
uniforms entered the town at about 2 a.m., Salman said. The gunmen were
carrying forged arrest warrants for senior police officers.
"Iraqi
security forces believe that those attackers drove all the way down
from desert areas close to Bayji, about 200 km (124 miles) north of
Haditha," Salman said.
When they arrived at the first police
checkpoint on the northern outskirts of town, they ordered all local
police officers to turn off their cell phones, Salman said.
"The
attackers told local police at that checkpoint that they have arrest
warrants issued from Baghdad against two senior police officers in
Haditha," he said. "All seven local police at that checkpoint were
convinced after the attackers showed them forged arrest warrants, and
they agreed to switch off their phones -- and later, all were killed in
cold blood."