6 Iraqi army members killed, wounded in bomb blast in northern Baghdad
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(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – A source in the Iraqi Ministry of Interior announced on Tuesday, that six members of the Iraqi army were either killed or wounded in a bomb blast in northern Baghdad.
The source said in a statement received by IraqiNews.com, “A bomb exploded, this morning, targeting an Iraqi army patrol while passing in al-Mashahda area in Tarmiya District in northern Baghdad, killing two of its members and wounding four others, in addition to causing material damage to the vehicle.”
The source, who asked anonymity, 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 an operation to search for the perpetrators of the bombing.”