2nd blast in Baghdad injures 3 civilians

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Three civilians were wounded on Thursday afternoon in a bomb explosion, the second today in Baghdad, a police source said. “An improvised explosive device, planted by unknown gunmen on al-Nedal street in central Baghdad, went off on Thursday (Feb. 26), injuring three civilians,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Security forces sealed off the area and carried the wounded to the nearby Ibn al-Nafees hospital,” the source also said. A security source had said earlier that an explosive charge, planted on the road in al-Jadiriya region in southern Baghdad, went off targeting a police vehicle patrol, killing an officer and injuring six policemen. SH (P)/SR 1