2nd UPDATE / Karrada blast casualties up to 9

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Saturday’s earlier improvised explosive device (IED) blast casualties rose to one death and eight wounded, a security source said. “Casualties from an IED blast that took place near Oqba Ibn Nafie Square in al-Karrada, central Baghdad, rose to one death and eight wounded, including two interior ministry personnel,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. Earlier, a security source said a civilian man was killed and four others wounded when an IED went off near a government vehicle in central Baghdad. AmR (P)/SR 3