{"id":5552,"date":"2018-03-07T13:53:29","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T13:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5552-police-officer-assassinated-by-unknown-gunmen-in-iraq-s-tuz-khurmatu\/"},"modified":"2018-03-07T13:53:29","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T13:53:29","slug":"police-officer-assassinated-by-unknown-gunmen-in-iraq-s-tuz-khurmatu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5552-police-officer-assassinated-by-unknown-gunmen-in-iraq-s-tuz-khurmatu\/","title":{"rendered":"Police officer assassinated by unknown gunmen in Iraq\u2019s Tuz Khurmatu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A police officer was assassinated Sunday in Tuz Khurmatu district in Salahuddin as unknown gunmen continue to target security men and citizens in retaliation for the country\u2019s victory over terrorism last year, a security source was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>A police officer was assassinated Sunday in Tuz Khurmatu district in Salahuddin as unknown gunmen continue to target security men and citizens in retaliation for the country\u2019s victory over terrorism last year, a security source was quoted as saying.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u201cUnknown gunmen targeted in the wee hours of Sunday First-Lieutenant Asaad al-Shammari from the Rapid Response Force\u2019s 2nd brigade, leaving him dead,\u201d the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Alghad Press.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u201cThe assailants fled the scene immediately after the shooting,\u201d the source said, adding that a probe was opened into the incident and a manhunt was launched to arrest perpetrators of the attack.<\/h4>\n<h4>Iraq declared the collapse of Islamic State\u2019s territorial influence earlier in November with the recapture of Rawa, a city on Anbar\u2019s western borders with Syria, which was the group\u2019s last bastion in Iraq.<\/h4>\n<h4>The so-called Islamic State continues to launch sporadic attacks across Iraq against troops. 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