3 women wounded in blast in western Baaquba

DIALA / IraqiNews.com: Three women from the same displaced family were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near their home in western Baaquba city on Tuesday, a police source in Diala said. “An IED went off near the house of a displaced family in the area of al-Katoun, (3 km) western Baaquba, leaving three women wounded,” the source told IraqiNews.com. He did not give more details. Baaquba, the capital city of Diala province, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1