Sunday, September 22, 2024

Baghdad

Three blasts kill, injure dozens in Falluja

ANBAR / IraqiNews.com: A number of people have been killed or injured in three explosive charges blasts in western Iraq’s city of Falluja in Anbar Province on Monday, an Anbar Operations Command source said.  “A blast, caused by an explosive charge, stuck to a garbage tank in a popular market in Falluja’s Andalus Market, had caused a number of casualties. The blast was followed by another blast in a booby-trapped car, close to a cemetery in central Falluja. The second blast killed 2 members of an anti-explosives experts while they were attempting to dismantle the device,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. He said that a third blast, caused by an explosive charge planted on the main highway passing through central Falluja, took place. The blast was aimed at a police patrol, but the casualties were yet unknown.  Ramadi, the center of Anbar Province, is 160 km to the west of Baghdad.   SKH (TS)/SR 455