Three policemen were killed on Wednesday as militants attacked an Iraqi police station.

Three policemen were killed on Wednesday as militants attacked an Iraqi police station.

"Three police -- two policemen and a captain -- were killed when several armed men attacked the police station at about 3:00 am," said police Captain Mohanned Mukhlif Hamadi.
"The attack was followed by clashes between policemen at the station and the attackers. One of the gunmen was killed and another wounded, but one escaped."

Police managed to kill one of the gunmen who carried out the 3:00 am (0000 GMT) attack in the town of Al-Qaim, in Anbar province west of Baghdad, and wounded another. A third shooter escaped.

A medic at Ramadi hospital confirmed that the facility had received the body of one of the gunmen and had treated the one that was hurt.