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Three policemen wounded in western Baghdad explosion

 Three policemen wounded in western Baghdad explosion

An Iraqi officer passing by an explosion site in Baghdad.

An Iraqi officer passing by an explosion site in Baghdad.
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Three policemen were injured Wednesday when an explosive device went off west dof Baghdad, according to security sources.

Almaalomah website quoted the sources saying that the device exploded at a police patrol that was passing at Ibrahim bin Ali neighborhood in western Baghdad.

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The United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) has said that violence in the country lef 1115 casualties, excluding security members, during March. Baghdad was the second most affected province with 84 deaths and 246 injuries, according to the organization’s monthly casualty count.

While several blasts are not followed by a claim of responsibility, Islamic State militants said they had been behind some bloody explosions and attacks that hit the capital in the past months, leaving casualties among civilians and security troops.

Observers believe Islamic State have begun to escalate attacks outside the city of Mosul, where the group has been losing ground and personnel since October, so as to relieve pressure by government forces on that front and to divert attention from group losses.

While losing Mosul could be the severest blow to the group’s existence in Iraq, some observers argue that attacks outside the province prove that the extremist group can still pose a security threat for all cities.

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