BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: An Iraqi Army officer has been killed and two soldiers were injured while dismantling an improvised explosive device (IED) in southern Baghdad on Thursday, a police source reported.

“The incident took place in southern Baghdad’s Hor-Rajab district, when an officer, with a lieutenant rank was killed and two soldiers were injured while trying to dismantle an IED that blew off on Thursday,” the police source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

He said that the security forces have closed the whole area of the explosion, driving the two injured soldiers to a nearby hospital for treatment.

SKH (PT)