Saturday, September 21, 2024

Baghdad

Civilian killed, 2 wounded in Ramadi blasts

ANBAR / IraqiNews.com: A civilian man was killed and two others wounded when two synchronized blasts went off near a mosque in central al-Ramadi city on Thursday, a police source said. “A sticky improvised explosive device (IED) attached to a vehicle went off on Thursday near Abul-Jalil mosque in al-Andalus neighborhood, central Ramadi, followed by another one 10 minutes later, leaving one civilian man killed and two others wounded,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The two blasts caused severe damage to three vehicles and nearby stores,” he said. Ramadi, the capital city of the predominantly Sunni province of al-Anbar, lies 110 km west of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1