3 Iraqi soldiers wounded in Khanaqin blast

DIALA / IraqiNews.com: Three Iraqi soldiers were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near their patrol in Khanaqin district, northeast of Baaquba city, on Saturday, according to a local police source in Diala. “An IED went off near an Iraqi army patrol in the area of al-Nada, Khanaqin, (155 km) northeast of Baaquba, leaving three patrolmen wounded,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. Khanaqin is one of the areas subject to dispute between the central Iraqi government in Baghdad and the semi-autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan Region. “The police rushed to the blast scene and arrested two suspects, who were remanded under investigative custody,” the source said, adding the wounded were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment. Baaquba, the capital city of Diala province, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad. AmR (P) 3