BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: A senior police officer was wounded in a sticky bomb explosion in southwest of Baghdad on Sunday, a police source said.

"A police major was seriously wounded on Sunday morning when a bomb attached to his car exploded in al-Doura region, southwest of Baghdad," the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

"The officer was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment," he added.

SH (TP)