3 policemen wounded in Diala

DIALA / IraqiNews.com: Three policemen, including a station director, were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in the district of Baaquba on Sunday, a security source in Diala said. “The explosive charge ripped through the main street of al-Katoun area, (2 km) west of Baaquba, wounding three policemen, including Lt. General Saman al-Talabani, the director of al-Mafraq police station, (1 km) west of Baaquba,” the source told Iraqi News. “Operatives of armed groups, namely Al-Qaeda in Iraq network and the so-called Islamic State of Iraq, are still active in the areas of al-Mafraq and al-Katoun despite the military operations conducted there,” he said. Baaquba, the capital city of Diala province, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad . AmR (P)/SR 1