Double IED blast wounds 1
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) A civilian was wounded on Wednesday when two IEDs exploded in central Baghdad, a security source has said.
The bomb went off inside an alley near an oil station in Fadwat Arab, and originally targeted an alcoholics shop, the source told Alsumaria News.
A civilian was passing by at the moment of the explosion and was wounded, while a number of shops sustained damages from the blast.
Violence surged across Iraq as Islamic State extremists captured several Iraqi cities in 2014, and continues even as the group is sustaining defeats during a current wide-scale campaign by Iraqi forces and tribal militias.
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) said early December that violence during November claimed the lives of 926 civilians and wounded 930 people.
Observers believe ISIS have begun to target several areas across Iraq to divert security focus on Mosul, where the group fights to defend its last bastion in Iraq under the brunt of continuous advancements by Iraqi government and popular troops.
2 die in al-Washash bomb attack
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Two people were killed and ten others were wounded when a booby-trapped car exploded west of Baghdad, a security source said.
The car was parked near shops at al-Washash area, the source said in a press statement.
No one claimed responsibility for the explosion.
1 kop dead in Abu Ghraib bombing
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) One police officer was killed, two policemen and nine civilians wounded when blasts rocked areas west and north of Baghdad.
One policeman was killed and two others were injured when an IED blast hit western Baghdad, according to a security source.
“An IED exploded at a police patrol passing at Hamid Shaaban neighborhood, Abu Gharib, west of Baghdad,” the source was quoted by Rudaw agency as saying.
Nobody claimed responsibility for the attack.
Meanwhile in al-Shaab region, north of Baghdad, six IEDs exploded at different areas, wounding nine people, according to a statement by the Interior Ministry’s Baghdad Operations.