IED blast kills Iraqi soldier, wounds 2 in Diala

DIALA / IraqiNews.com: An Iraqi army soldier was killed and two others wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near their vehicle in Diala on Friday, an official security source said. “An IED went off near a Hummer vehicle of the Iraqi army on the road linking Jalawlaa and al-Saadiya areas, leaving one soldier killed and two others injured,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. Jalawlaa and al-Saadiya belong to the district of Khanaqin, Diala province, 57 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. AmR (P) 1