Tuesday, April 18 2006 16:49 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Baghdad: "The bomb targeted a police patrol in the neighbourhood of Suleikh, police Captain Ali al-Obeidi said. Three policemen were among those killed, and the rest civilians," he said.

"A roadside bombing in western Baghdad missed another police patrol, wounding a civilian driver instead, "police said.

In the Dora district of southern Baghdad, police discovered two bodies, both shot in the head.

Twelve other bodies were found in the same neighborhood yesterday.

"In a drive-by shooting, assailants gunned down a police officer walking near his home in the southern city of Basra," police said.