Two civilians wounded in Baghdad bomb explosion
Iraqi security forces and civilians gather at the scene of a deadly suicide car bomb attack in Baghdad. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Baghdad (Iraqinews.com) – Two civilians were wounded Tuesday in a bomb explosion in southeastern Baghdad, a security source was quoted as saying.
Speaking to Baghdad News website, the source said, “An explosive charge planted by terrorists went off at al-Mada’in district, southeast of Baghdad, leaving two civilians wounded.”
“Security forces cordoned off the blast site and carried the injured to a nearby hospital for treatment,” the source pointed out.
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. Though most of the daily bombings go without a claim of responsibility, Islamic State has declared it had been behind many.
A total of 115 Iraqi civilians, excluding policemen, were killed and another 250 injured in acts of terrorism, violence and armed conflict in Iraq in January 2018, according to casualty figures recorded by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).
Baghdad was the worst affected governorate, with 323 civilian casualties (90 killed, 233 injured). Diyala followed, with 8 killed and 15 injured; and Nineveh, with 13 killed and 7 injured. UNAMI has not been able to obtain the civilian casualty figures from the Anbar Health Department for the month of January.