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2nd blast in Baghdad injures 3 civilians

February 26, 2009 - 10:01:34

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Three civilians were wounded on Thursday afternoon in a bomb explosion, the second today in Baghdad, a police source said.

“An improvised explosive device, planted by unknown gunmen on al-Nedal street in central Baghdad, went off on Thursday (Feb. 26), injuring three civilians,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“Security forces sealed off the area and carried the wounded to the nearby Ibn al-Nafees hospital,” the source also said.

A security source had said earlier that an explosive charge, planted on the road in al-Jadiriya region in southern Baghdad, went off targeting a police vehicle patrol, killing an officer and injuring six policemen.

SH (P)/SR

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