(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – A source in the Ministry of Interior said on Friday, that nine people had been either killed or injured in a bomb blast east of Baghdad.
The source said in a statement obtained by IraqiNews.com, “This evening, an [improvised] explosive device went off near shops in the area of A’our, east of Baghdad, resulting in the death of two persons and wounding seven others,” pointing out that, “A security force rushed to the scene and transferred the injured to a nearby hospital for medical treatment and the two dead bodies to the forensic medicine authority, while imposed a security cordon around the area of the incident and prevented approaching it.”