Officer killed by IED in Babel

KARBALA / IraqiNews.com: A captain in Karbala police on Monday morning was killed when a sticky explosive charge targeted his vehicle in front of his house in northern Babel province, according to an official source from Karbala police. “A sticky improvised explosive device (IED) went off inside the car of a Karbala police officer in al-Mahaweel area (30 km north of Hilla city), killing him on the spot,” the source told IraqiNews.com. The holy Shiite city of Karbala lies 110 km southwest of the capital Baghdad. SS (P) 1