Gunmen have killed four Iraqi police officers in a spate of shootings at security checkpoints in Baghdad.
Two members of a government-supported militia have also been killed in a checkpoint attack.
In one of the attacks, two officers were shot dead as they slept in their car and their vehicle was set on fire.
There are thousands of policemen in Baghdad so the overall effect on security is not huge. But the point of these attacks is to spread fear.
One of the latest attacks was particularly chilling - men with pistols fitted with silencers shot dead two policemen while they were off duty, asleep in their car, according to one report. The gunmen then set fire to their bodies.
Two more policemen were killed when gunmen attacked another checkpoint.
Two members of the official Sahwa militia were also killed in a checkpoint attack. BBC News
