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Baghdad

Officer killed, 3 cops injured in dismantling explosive charge in Ramadi

ANBAR / IraqiNews.com: An officer, with captain rank, has been killed and three policemen injured when trying to dismantle an explosive charge in west Iraq ’s city of Ramadi , an Anbar police source said on Friday.   “An explosive charge, planted on the roadside west of Ramadi, was blown off, while trying to dismantle it, killing an officer, with captain rank and wounding 3 policemen,” the security source told IraqiNews.com news agency.   He said the police forces rushed to the venue of the blast, in an attempt to keep people away from the area, where they feared that another explosive charge might have been planted.   Ramadi, the center of Anbar Province , is 110 km to the west of Baghdad .   SKH (PT) 668