At least ten Iraqi policemen have been killed in separate militant attacks on security checkpoints in the war-torn nation, media reports citing local officials said late on Sunday.
According to the reports, at least three policemen were killed and two others injured in an attack on their station in the town of Rawa in the restive Anbar province.
Earlier on Sunday, at least seven policemen were reportedly killed in a series of militant attacks on checkpoints and patrols near the western town of Haditha, also in the Sunni-dominated Anbar province.
Besides, unidentified gunmen kidnapped ten policemen from a checkpoint in the town of Ramadi, also in Anbar province, on Saturday.
Although no group has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks and kidnapping in the province, local authorities have blamed them on the al-Qaeda-linked Sunni Islamist insurgents who are still active in the Middle East country despite ongoing efforts to improve security.
When compared to the deadly sectarian violence witnessed in 2006 and 2007, violence has dropped across Iraq in recent years. Nevertheless, the country still witnesses frequent militant attacks, mostly sectarian in nature, on a regular basis.
Violence spiked drastically in the run-up to last month's local elections. According to the U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), a total of 712 people were killed and 1,633 wounded in April as a result of acts of terrorism and violence. Majority of the victims were civilians, with 595 killed and 1,438 injured.
Besides, there has been a notable increase in violent attacks since the U.S. combat forces left Iraq in late 2011. The last of U.S. combat troops left the country by late December 2011, ending a decade-long American military presence since the 2003 invasion of the oil-rich Arab country.
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