Bomb blast southeast of Baghdad leaves 5 casualties
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) A police source revealed that five persons were either killed or wounded in a bomb blast near a popular market, southeast of Baghdad, Alsumaria News reported on Wednesday.
The source said, “An improvised explosive device exploded, this evening, near a popular market in Madain District, southeast of Baghdad, killing one person and wounding four others.”
“Security forces cordoned off the area of incident and barred approaching it,” the source added on condition of anonymity.
“Ambulances rushed to the area and transferred the wounded to a nearby hospital and the body to the forensic medicine department,” the source explained.
Earlier today, three persons were wounded in the explosion of an improvised explosive device near shops in Arab Jabour area, south of Baghdad.