7 killed, wounded in bomb blast near popular market east of Baghdad
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(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – On Wednesday, a source in the Ministry of Interior announced, that seven people had been either killed or wounded in a bomb blast near a popular market east of the capital Baghdad.
The source said in a statement followed by IraqiNews.com, “This morning, a bomb exploded near a popular market in al-Obeidi District east of Baghdad, killing two people and wounding five others.”
The source added, “A security force rushed to the area and transferred the wounded to a nearby hospital for treatment and the dead bodies to the forensic medicine department, while carried out raid and search operations to search for the perpetrators of the bombing.”