(KUNA) -- Iraqi security sweeps continue with 288 suspected militants arrested while around 25 Iraqis have been killed and 20 others injured Wednesday. Seven Iraqis were killed and 18 others wounded when a roadside bomb detonated along the Al-Nahda Bridge in central Baghdad Wednesday. Iraqi interior sources told KUNA, the bomb exploded close to an area where travelers to Iraq's southern provinces congregate. Al-Nahda bus stop underwent a similar attack a week ago. That attack killed nine Iraqis and left twenty more injured.In Mosul, Iraqi security forces closed bridges and dispatched patrols to the streets following clashes with militants. Iraqi police sources told reporters, unidentified militants attacked a police patrol this morning in the Yarmouk and Arisala areas. Six militants were killed and seven others arrested by police personnel.
Yesterday, a booby-trapped car blasted near Patriotic Union of Kurdistan , killing nine and injuring 36 others.
A statement issued Wednesday from Iraqi security forces press offices said, ten militants were killed and 281 arrested during clashes that took place in Karbala, Tuesday. Armed militants, affiliated with Mahmoud Al-Hosni, attacked government and police buildings early Tuesday morning. Two local police officers were killed during the attack. A curfew was imposed in Karbala yesterday following the clashes.