9 people killed, wounded in bomb blast in Abu Ghraib District in western Baghdad
(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – A source in the Iraqi Ministry of Interior said on Wednesday, that nine people had been either killed or wounded in a bomb blast in western Baghdad.
The source said in a statement obtained by IraqiNews.com, “A bomb exploded, at noon today, near a popular market in Abu Ghraib District in western Baghdad, killing two people and wounding seven others,” pointing out that, “A security force rushed to the area and transferred the wounded to a nearby hospital for treatment and the dead bodies to the forensic medicine department.”
The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, added, “An operation was carried out to search for the perpetrators of the bombing.”