Iraqi officials say a bomb has gone off in an outdoor market in west Baghdad, one of two attacks in the country that have left seven dead. Police officials say that the blast on Saturday morning in the capitalÂ’s western suburb of Abu Ghraib killed four people and wounded 12 others.
Also, police said that attackers using guns fitted with silencers killed three off-duty policemen in a drive-by shooting near Fallujah, 65 kilometers (40 miles) west of Baghdad.
Health officials confirmed the casualties. All spoke anonymously because they were not allowed to brief reporters. |