IED kills 2 civilians in Diala

DIALA / IraqiNews.com: Two civilians were killed and a third was injured on Friday in a bomb explosion in northeast of Baaquba city, the director of al-Saadiya district said. “An improvised explosive device went off targeting a group pf civilians near a mosque in Taba neighborhood in central al-Saadiya district in south of Khaneqeen, killing two civilians and injuring a third one,” Sheikh Ahmad Zarkoushi told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The wounded was carried to a nearby hospital for treatment,” he also said, without giving further details. Khaneqeen is 155 km northeast of Baaquba, the capital of Diala, which lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad. SH (P) 1