IED injures 7 in southern Baghdad
July 13, 2009 - 09:11:38
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Seven persons on Monday were wounded in an explosive charge blast that occurred in southern Baghdad, according to an Iraqi police source.
“A roadside improvised explosive device (IED) went off in al-Jadriya area near al-Zawya intersection, southern Baghdad, while a police patrol vehicle was passing the location,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
“Three patrolmen and four civilians were wounded in the explosion,” the source noted.
Security forces sealed off the area of the blast, while ambulances rushed the wounded to a nearby hospital, according to the source.
The blast comes less than 24 hours after a series of bombings that targeted five churches in the capital and left 25 casualties.
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