8 policemen, 2 civilians wounded in Baghdad

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Eight policemen and two civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) blast targeted a security patrol in central Baghdad on Thursday, a police source said. “An IED went off near a police patrol in al-Dora area, al-Karkh, central Baghdad, leaving eight patrolmen and two civilian pedestrians near the blast site wounded,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. Several areas in Baghdad were struck by a number of explosions on Thursday evening, leaving sahwa (awakening) tribal fighters and civilians wounded and an academician from Baghdad University killed. AmR (P) 2