Eight persons injured in 3 IED blasts in Baghdad

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com – At least 8 persons have been injured in 3 improvised explosive devices (IED) blasts in Baghdad on Wednesday, a Baghdad security source said.   “An IED blew up close to a petrol filling station in east Baghdad ’s Rustamiya area, targeted against a mobile oil tanker, on Wednesday, wounding two persons, who were driven to a nearby hospital,” the security source said.   He stressed that another IED blew off early in the day close to the Central Markets in east Baghdad ’s Palestine Street , wounding 3 persons, who were driven to a nearby hospital also, along with causing damage to a number of civilian vehicles.   A third IED blew off in east Baghdad ’s Baladiyat District, wounding 3 persons, who were taken to a hospital, along with causing damage to a number of vehicles and shops,” the source concluded.   ST / SKH 522