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Three people wounded in bomb blast, west of Baghdad: Source

 Three people wounded in bomb blast, west of Baghdad: Source

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Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Three people were wounded as a bomb blast took place, west of Baghdad, a security source was quoted saying on Saturday.

“A bomb went off near market in al-Nasr wal Salam region in Abu Ghraib district, west of Baghdad, leaving three people wounded,” the source told Baghdad Today website.

“Ambulances arrived to the blast spot to transfer the injured to nearby hospital, before security troops arrived to conduct investigations,” the source added.

A total of 91 Iraqi civilians were killed and 208 others were injured in acts of terrorism, violence and armed conflict in February, according to the monthly report issued by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).

Baghdad was the worst affected Governorate, with 195 civilian casualties (49 killed, 146 injured). Anbar Governorate ranked second place, with 14 killed and 37 injured, and Diyala had 12 killed and 11 injured.

As many as 3,298 civilians were killed and 4,781 others were wounded in 2017, excluding Anbar civilian casualty figures for November and December, which are not available, UNAMI said in a report in December.

Thousands of IS militants as well as Iraqi civilians were killed since the government campaign, backed by paramilitary troops and the coalition was launched in October 2016 to fight the militant group

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