11 injured in attacks against Baghdad traffic police patrols

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Five traffic policemen and six civilians have been injured in attacks against two traffic police patrols, the 4th of its kind over the past few hours, a Baghdad security source reported on Monday. “An explosive charge blew up against a traffic police patrol in east Baghdad‘s al-Sadr city, wounding 3 patrol men and 2 civilians,” the security source told IraqiNews.com news agency. He said a clash took place between traffic policemen and unknown armed men close to Sarrafiya bridge in central Baghdad, killing 2 civilians and 2 traffic policemen, along with injuring 6 others, including 4 traffic policemen and 2 civilians. “Another explosion took place against a traffic policemen in al-Nahda area in central Baghdad, injuring 4 civilians and 2 traffic policemen, who were drive to a nearby hospital for treatment,” he added. In another incident, an explosive charge blew up targeting a traffic policemen in west Baghdad‘s Iskan district, killing a civilian and wounding 3 others, whilst a suicide bomber, driving a booby-trapped car, attacked a group of citizens at the same place of the said blast, but it blew off before his arrival to the area, raising the number of injured people to seven, he concluded. SKH (TS)/SR 75