Sunday, September 22, 2024

Baghdad

3 policemen killed in suicide blast near Falluja

ANBAR / IraqiNews.com: Three policemen were killed and three others, including one civilian, wounded in a suicide car bomb attack east of al-Falluja city on Sunday, a local police source said. “A car rigged with explosives driven by a suicide bomber went off near the 50 Wassat checkpoint in the district of al-Karama, east of Falluja, leaving three policemen, including a Lt. Colonel, killed and three others, including a civilian, wounded,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. Falluja, the largest city in the predominantly Sunni province of al-Anbar, lies 110 km west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. AmR (P)/SR 1