BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: A railway driver and his assistant have been injured in an explosive charge that blew up insider a luggage train on its way from Baghdad towards Salahal-Din Province, whilst a soldier was injured in an attack against an Army patrol after the train attack, a Railway Station Master reported on Thursday.

“Three explosive charges blew off inside a luggage train on its way from Baghdad to Salahal-Din Province in Dujeil area on Thursday, causing its overturn, seriously wounding its driver and his assistant,” Mowafaq Bedawi told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

He said that a fourth explosive charge blew off in the same area, after the arrival of an Army patrol to investigate the incident, wounding one of its soldiers.

Dujeil, 120 km to the south of Tikrit, the center of Salahal-Din Province, 175 km to the north of Baghdad.

SKH (ST)