6 wounded in downtown Baghdad blast

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Six persons on Tuesday were wounded in an explosion that ripped through downtown Baghdad’s Sahat al-Andalus, according to a security source. “An improvised explosive device (IED) targeted an Iraqi police patrol vehicle in Sahat al-Andalus, wounding six individuals, including three patrolmen,” the source told IraqiNews.com. Security forces sealed off the area immediately after the blast and took the wounded to nearby hospitals. SS (P) 1