Officer and soldier killed in bomb blast south of Baghdad
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(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – A source in the police announced on Sunday, that an officer and a soldier had been killed and two other soldiers were wounded in a bomb blast that targeted an army patrol south of the capital Baghdad.
The source said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, “An explosive device that was planted on the roadside exploded in Arab Jabour area, targeting an army patrol,” pointing out that, “The blast resulted in killing an officer and a soldier, in addition to injuring two soldiers.”
The source, who asked anonymity, added: “The security forces cordoned off the area and transported the injured to a nearby hospital and the bodies of the dead to the forensic medicine department.”