3 policemen wounded in Falluja blast

ANBAR / IraqiNews.com: Three policemen were wounded in an attack by gunmen who hurled a hand-grenade at a checkpoint in central al-Karma district, eastern Falluja, according to a police source in al-Anbar on Thursday. “Unidentified gunmen attacked a checkpoint in the area of al-Subayhat, central al-Karma, eastern Falluja, with a hand-grenade, leaving three policemen wounded,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Police forces launched a large-scale campaign in several areas of al-Karma in search of the perpetrators who managed to escaped to an unknown place after the attack,” he added. Falluja, the largest city in the predominantly Sunni province of al-Anbar, lies 45 km west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. AmR (P) 3