Explosive device blast near Baghdad leaves 3 police casualties
Aftermath of an explosion in Baghdad.
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) A police source informed that a policeman was killed, and two others were wounded in an improvised explosive device blast, south of Baghdad, Alsumaria News reported on Friday.
The source said that an improvised explosive device, emplaced on a roadside in Hur Rajab area exploded, today, targeting a passing police patrol.
The explosion killed one police officer and wounded two others, the source added on condition of anonymity.
Security forces cordoned off the area of explosion, while ambulances evacuated the body to the forensic medicine department and the wounded to a nearby hospital, the source further explained.
Another explosion hit al-Madain area, south of the capital, Baghdad, leaving five casualties.
The capital, Baghdad, is witnessing and extraordinary security situation and a surge of violence, in addition to daily suicide attacks and explosions.