Jalawlaa blast casualties up to 21

DIALA / IraqiNews.com: Sunday’s earlier car bombing attack in Jalawlaa district rose to six deaths and 15 others wounded, according to a Diala police official. “The death toll rose to six – one policeman and five civilians – while the wounded to 15 – eight policemen, one army soldier and six civilians,” Maj. Ghaleb al-Juburi, the officer in charge of the Diala police command’s media department, told IraqiNews.com. Earlier in the day a security source said five policemen were killed and 14 others injured when a car bomb attack targeted their patrol in central Jalawlaa district. “A car bomb went off today near the courthouse building in al-Wihda neighborhood, central Jalawlaa, targeting a police patrol,” Amer Rifaat, a member of the Diala Provincial Council’s Security Committee, told IraqiNews.com. Jalawlaa belongs to the district of Khanaqin, (155 km) northeast of Baaquba. Baaquba, the capital city of Diala, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1