Oil ministry under-secretary wounded in Baghdad explosion

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: An Iraqi oil ministry under-secretary, Saheb Salman Qotb, was seriously wounded on Tuesday morning in an explosive charge attack that occurred in front of his house in northern Baghdad, a police source said. “One of the official’s bodyguards was wounded in the attack,” the source told IraqiNews.com. Earlier today, two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) went off successively in al-Hurriyat Square, downtown Baghdad, killing three persons and wounding six others. SS (P) 1