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Iraqi civilian killed, another injured in Falluja blast

ANBAR / IraqiNews.com: A civilian has been killed and another injured in an explosion inside a concrete factory in Garma village east of Falluja, the largest city of west Iraq’s Anbar Province, an Anbar security source reported on Sunday. “A civilian has been killed and another injured in an explosion inside a concrete factory in the Ra’oud Area of Garma village, east of Falluja,” the security source said. “The explosion was caused by a number of explosive charges planted around the targeted factory,” the security source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Iraqi police and Army forces rushed to the attacked factory, searching nearby plants, as a precaution against armed groups that might be hiding in the area,” the security source said. Falluja is 60 km to the west of Ramadi, the center of Anbar Province, 110 km to the west of Baghdad. SKH (TI)/SR 717