Some 85 people were killed and over 100 injured in three car bombs in northern Baghdad on Thursday, a police source said. He told KUNA the number of wounded out of bombs caused by three booby-trapped cars in Balad town was near the 112 digit. "Apparently a coordinated attack was carried out by three booby-trapped car against an Iraqi police station and a popular market in Balad in the governorate of Tekrit north of Baghdad," added the source. Two of the cars blew up at the police station and was followed by the third bomb near the popular market. A large number of policemen are among those killed, said the source. |