Sunday, September 22, 2024

Baghdad

1 cop killed, 5 others injured in blast in Falluja

ANBAR / IraqiNews.com: One policeman was killed on Tuesday and five others were wounded when a roadside bomb went off north of Falluja city. “The blast targeted an Iraqi police patrol at the al-Saqlawiya district, north of Falluja,” a local police source told IraqiNews.com news agency. He did not mention further details, but noted that the blast damaged one of the patrol’s vehicles. Falluja, the biggest city of the Anbar province, lies 45 km west of Baghdad. MH (P)/SR 2