5 policemen killed, wounded in bomb blast in southern Baghdad
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(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – On Wednesday, a source in the Ministry of Interior announced, that five policemen were either killed or wounded in a bomb blast in southern Baghdad.
The source said in a statement followed by IraqiNews.com, “This evening, a bomb exploded on a police patrol while passing in Arab Jabour area in southern Baghdad, resulting in the killing of two people and wounding of three others.”
The source, who asked anonymity, added, “A security force rushed to the area and evacuated the wounded to a nearby hospital for treatment and the dead bodies to the forensic medicine department, while cordoned off the area of the incident and barred approaching it.”