BAGHDAD, April 17 (Xinhuanet) -- A roadside bomb exploded Sunday morning at a civilian car in Dhuluiyah, north of Baghdad, killing three people, including two police officers, a police officer said.

    "The bomb blasted at 8:00 a.m. (0400 GMT) in the town of Duluiyah as a civilian car passed by, killing two police officers and a civilian," Ibrahim al-Jaboury told Xinhua.

    Lieutenant Nadhum Mutlaq and Lieutenant Latif Naser were headingto office when the blast occurred at about 300 meters away from a police checkpoint, killing them along with one civilian.

    Dhuluiyah, some 100 km north of Baghdad, has long been a hotbed of insurgency against US troops, but attacking Iraqi police is uncommon there as most of policemen are residents in the town. Enditem