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| Iraq |
| Eleven policemen injured due to explosive blast |
| 2006-04-21 |
| The Iraqi police Friday announced that eleven policemen were wounded due to explosion of two bombs southwestern the Iraqi capital and US forces arrested seven militants northern Baghdad. An Iraqi security source said in a press release that the explosive bomb which was planted on the side of a road in Al-Qadesia district, went off when an Iraqi police patrol vehicle passed by early on Friday. The source added that the blast wounded three policemen. Eight others were wounded when another explosive bomb at the same place blew up when security troop backup reached the scene. Separately, a US forces' statement said US forces spotted insurgents while they were trying to plant a bomb North Baghdad, besieged and detained them immediately and seized their weapons. Elsewhere, the Iraqi police found two unknown and handcuffed corpses in Baghdad. They were shot dead in different parts of their bodies. In Baghdad Thursday, five US soldiers were injured and their armored vehicle was destroyed in an armed attack, according to the US force's statement. The soldiers were taken to a field US hospital for treatment. The statement did not report any other details about the incident or the way the vehicle was attacked. |
| Posted by:Fred |