Iraqi security forces on Sunday dismanteled a booby-trapped vehicle in central Baghdad, arrested three gunmen, while insurgents tossed hand grenades an opened fire against a group of people killing two civilians in Baquba, northeast of here. Iraqi security forces cordoned the southern district of the capital on Sunday after the location of a booby-trapped vehicle, a press release by the US-led multinational forces in Iraq said. Special forces have been called in to dismantle an explosive device attached to the car, the statement read.Another statement said an Iraqi citizen tipped off a force of American soldiers about three gunmen who were spotted planting an explosive device in northern Baghdad. American soldiers arrested the three gunmen and safely dismantled the device.
Meanwhile, two Iraqi civilians were killed and three others wounded when they were attacked by hand grenades in Baquba city, a police statement said. Undidentified gunmen tossed hand grenades against a host of civilians in a commercial area in the city killing two men and injuring three others. At the hands of unknown gunmen, three Iraqi civilians were killed in the same city yesterday.