IED found inside Sadr Hospital in Amara

MISSAN / IraqiNews.com: An improvised explosive device that was about to go off was found inside al-Sadr Public Hospital in central al-Amara city, a local police source in Missan said on Saturday. “The Missan Police Department’s Facility Protection Force (FPF) personnel found a large IED planted inside the hospital’s consultative clinic but the bomb squad men defused it,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. The clinic, which comprises some private medical units, is very crowded on a daily basis. Amara, the capital city of Missan province, lies 390 km south of Baghdad. AmR (P) 2