Bomb blast kills civilian, wounds 3 others west of Baghdad

(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – A source within the police force in Baghdad said on Saturday, that a civilian had been killed and three others were injured in a bomb blast in al-Yusifiyah area west of the capital Baghdad.

The source said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, “Today, an explosive device that was emplaced near a vegetables shop has went off in the area of al-Yusifiyah, resulting in the death of one civilian and injury of three others.”

The source added, “A security force cordoned off the area of the incident, while transferred the injured to a nearby hospital and the dead to the forensic medicine authority.”