Two killed in police station attack

Guerrillas using assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades attacked a police station early today, killing an officer and a civilian.

Policemen returned fire in the clash in Mahmudiyah, 20 miles south of the capital, Baghdad, a police spokesman said. The attackers cited Quranic verses before the assault, witnesses said.

Associated Press Television News footage showed the front of one police car riddled with bullets.

In front of it, a minibus had apparently caught fire and its back window was blown out. A nearby pickup truck was also pockmarked by bullets.