Car bomb kills, wounds 3 cops in Diala

DIALA / IraqiNews.com: Two policemen were killed and another one was injured in a car bomb explosion in Diala province, a police source said on Tuesday. “A car rigged with explosives went off on Tuesday (Jan. 12) near a police vehicle in al-Saadiya district, south of Khanaqin, killing two policemen, including a captain, and injuring another one,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The wounded is in critical condition,” he added, giving no further details. Khanaqin, one of the disputed areas between the central government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government Kurdistan RegionG), lies 155 km northeast of Baaquba; the capital city of Diala, which is 57 km northeast of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 2