9 people killed, wounded in bomb blast southeast of Baghdad
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(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – A source in the Iraqi Interior Ministry announced on Wednesday, that nine people had been either killed or wounded in a bomb blast southeast of Baghdad.
The source said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, “A bomb exploded, this afternoon, near the industrial shops in Basmya area southeast of Baghdad, resulting in the death of one person and wounding eight others.”
The source, who asked anonymity, added: “the security forces rushed to the scene and transferred the wounded to a nearby hospital for treatment and the body of the dead man to the forensic medicine department, while a raid and search operation was carried out to search for the perpetrators of the bombing.”