[ADN Kronos] Five police officers were killed and three others were wounded in a roadside bomb attack in southern Baghdad on Wednesday, a police source told the Voices of Iraq news agency. "An explosive charge, planted on a road in al-Athouriyeen neighborhood in al-Doura, southern Baghdad, exploded targeting a police vehicle patrol, killing five and injuring three people," the source said. "The explosion caused material damage to one of the patrol's vehicles," he added."Security forces cordoned off the region and rushed the wounded to a nearby hospital for treatment," he said.