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5 killed, 7 wounded in 2 IED blasts in Baghdad |
2010-09-24 |
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Five people were killed and seven others wounded in blasts from two improvised explosive devices in Baghdad, according to a security source on Thursday. “An IED went off near the house of a policeman in al-Tarimiya area, northern Baghdad, leaving him killed and two family members and a civilian who happened to be near the site wounded,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The explosion also left severe damage to the house and nearby houses,” he added. He said that another IED went off near a passing civilian vehicle on the Muhammad al-Qassim road, close to Zayouneh neighborhood in eastern Baghdad, leaving four civilians killed and four others wounded. Meanwhile, two mortar shells landed on the heavily-fortified green zone in central Baghdad but there was no information available on losses or casualties, the source said. |
Posted by:Steve White |