Seven people killed, injured in explosion in Sadr city, east of Baghdad
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Three civilians were killed, while four others were injured in an explosion in a market in Sadr city, east of the capital, the Baghdad Operations Command said on Tuesday.
In a statement, the command said it carried out more than a campaign “to confiscate unlicensed weapons in Mureidi market and other regions in Baghdad.”
The command reiterated through the statement “necessity to report about strange bodies and elements that grasp on any chance to trade in unlicensed weapons.”
A security source previously told Baghdad Today website that the “preliminary information indicates that the explosion was a criminal not a terrorist one that resulted from a bomb.”
Two civilians injured in bomb blast, south of Baghdad: Source
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Two civilians were injured in a bomb blast, which occurred near a football playground, south of Baghdad, a security source said on Tuesday.
“Two civilians were wounded as a bomb blast took place in Abu Dusheir region, south of Baghdad,” the source told Almaalomah website.
The bomb, according to the source, “took place near a football playground. Security troops cordoned off the region and rescued the injured.”