7th Baghdad blast leaves 14 casualties

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Four civilians were killed and 10 others wounded on Tuesday when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in the northern part of the Iraqi capital, police said. “An IED blast in an outdoor souk (market) in al-Qahira neighborhood, northern Baghdad, left four people dead and 10 others injured,” an Iraqi security source told IraqiNews.com. Baghdad has been rocked by six explosions today. A roadside IED near the Technological University in central Baghdad went off, killing one civilian and wounding two others. Earlier, an IED planted by unidentified persons on the main road near the former headquarters of the German embassy in the central Baghdad district of al-Karada, killing one person, wounding nine others and damaging two civilian vehicles. Also today a magnetic bomb attached to a civilian vehicle went off near al-Andalus square in central Baghdad, but left no casualties or losses. Another sticky IED attached to the vehicle of the Baghdad police chief’s secretary, Maj. Ali Jameel, went off today in al-Kararda, injuring him, one of his escorts and one civilian. AmR (P) 1