4 policemen wounded in IED blast in Diala

DIALA / IraqiNews.com: Four Iraqi policemen were wounded on Friday when an improvised explosive device went off northeast of the city of Baaquba, an official security source in Diala said. “The IED targeted a police patrol inside al-Saadiya area, Khanaqin district, (155 km) northeast of Baaquba, leaving four policemen injured,” the source told IraqiNews.com. Meanwhile, the same source added, the bomb squad defused another IED near an Iraqi army checkpoint in the village of Mohammed Haider, al-Saadiya. The source did not give more details about the two incidents. Baaquba, the capital city of Diala province, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1