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4 policemen wounded in IED blast in Diala

November 28, 2008 - 06:30:22

DIALA / Aswat al-Iraq: Four Iraqi policemen were wounded on Friday when an improvised explosive device went off northeast of the city of Baaquba, an official security source in Diala said.

“The IED targeted a police patrol inside al-Saadiya area, Khanaqin district, (155 km) northeast of Baaquba, leaving four policemen injured,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.

Meanwhile, the same source added, the bomb squad defused another IED near an Iraqi army checkpoint in the village of Mohammed Haider, al-Saadiya.

The source did not give more details about the two incidents.

Baaquba, the capital city of Diala province, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad.

AmR (P)

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