Gunmen kill five policemen in Baghdad

Gunmen shot dead five policemen in a drive-by shooting in the Iraqi capital today, one day after authorities said they’d found dozens of corpses – some bullet-riddled, others beheaded – at two sites in the insurgent-wracked country.

Gunmen in two cars opened fire on a vehicle carrying Colonel Ahmed Abeis, the head of a police station in central Baghdad, killing him and four of his guards, said police Captain Talib Thamir.