Civilian killed, 2 wounded in Jalawlaa blast

DIALA / IraqiNews.com: A civilian man was killed and two others wounded when an improvised explosive device went off in Jalawlaa district, east of Baaquba city, on Saturday, a local security official said. “The IED went off in the area of Tabaj, Jalawlaa, Khanaqin district, (155 km) east of Baaquba, leaving one civilian man killed and two others injured,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. Khanaqin is one of the Iraqi areas subject to dispute between the central government in Baghdad and the semi-autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan Region. “The wounded were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment,” the source added, not giving further details. Baaquba, the capital city of the volatile province of Diala, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad. AmR (P) 3