Three people injured in bomb blast near Baghdad market
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Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Three people were injured in a bomb blast near a market at Jisr Diyala area in Baghdad, a source told Baghdad Press.
“An explosive device planted near a market at Jisr Diyala neighborhood, southeast of Baghdad, went off, leaving three people injured,” the source said on Monday.
“Security forces cordoned off the blast site and prevented civilians from approaching,” he said, adding that ambulances carried the injured to a nearby hospital for treatment.
On Sunday, seven people were killed and injured in a bomb blast south of Baghdad.
Speaking to AlSumaria News, a source said, “A bomb, placed near a market in al-Nahrawan region, south of Baghdad, exploded in the morning, leaving a person killed and six others wounded.”
Violence in the country has surged further with the emergence of Islamic State extremist militants who proclaimed an “Islamic Caliphate” in Iraq and Syria in 2014.
About 114 Iraqi civilians were killed, while 244 others were wounded as a result of terrorism, violence and armed conflicts, according to a monthly release by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).
The Iraqi capital has seen almost daily bombings and armed attacks against security members, paramilitary troops and civilians since the Iraqi government launched a wide-scale campaign to retake Islamic State-occupied areas in 2016.