6 killed, wounded in 3rd Baghdad bombing

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Six civilians on Monday were killed or wounded in a car bomb blast in downtown Baghdad, the third to rip through the Iraqi capital today. “A car bomb detonated in Sabaa Qosoor area of al-Karada, downtown Baghdad, killing a civilian and injuring five others,” a police source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Security forces sealed off the area of the blast and took the wounded to a nearby hospital,” the source indicated. Earlier this morning, a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) planted by unknown men detonated in al-Hubaibiya area, eastern Baghdad, wounding three civilians Also, three persons were killed and 12 others were injured when another device targeted a vehicle in al-Hamza square, al-Hubaibiya area of eastern Baghdad. SS (P) 1