Bomb injures 4 persons in Baghdad

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Four people were wounded on Wednesday when an explosive charge went off targeting a bus carrying employees in northeastern Baghdad, a police source said. “A roadside bomb was detonated in Ur neighborhood in northeastern Baghdad when a bus carrying employees of the education ministry was passing, injuring four,” the source told IraqiNews.com. “The blast caused material damage to the bus and two nearby cars,” he added. Baghdad is the capital of Iraq and Baghdad province. With a municipal population estimated at 7,000,000, it is the largest city in Iraq. It is the second largest city in the Arab world (after Cairo) and the second largest city in southwest Asia (after Tehran). Located on the Tigris River, the city dates back to at least the 8th century, and probably to pre-Islamic times. Once the center of Dar al-Islam (the abode of Islam), Baghdad has been a center of violent conflict since 2003 because of the ongoing Iraq war. Baghdad’s population is a mix of Sunnis and Shiites. It is mainly divided into two sides: the west (al-Karkh) and the east (al-Rasafa). SH (S) 1