Five Iraqis were killed, 10 were wounded, on Sunday in a car bomb explosion in central Baghdad, announced the Iraqi police. An Iraqi police source told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that a car driven by a suicide attacker blew up nearby an Iraqi police checkpoint nearby the Iraqi Interior Ministry building in central Baghdad. The source added that most of the victims were members of the Iraqi police force.In a separate incident, two Iraqis were killed, 17 were wounded, today when an explosive device went off in the area of Kadhemiya, northern Baghdad. An Iraqi police source told reporters that a roadside bomb blew up nearby Imam Moussa Al-Kadhem, noting that victims of the blast included women and children.
Meanwhile, a group of unknown gunmen attacked the residence of member of the National Iraqi List Ayad Jamaluddine in the area of Jaderiya in central Baghdad. A source in the electoral list said that the attackers used guns and rocket-propelled grenades, noting that the attackers wounded two guards, damaged a number of cars, and caused some damages to the residence. The source did not mention whether Jamaluddine was in his residence at the time of the attack.
Meanwhile, Iraqi police sources said that unknown gunmen abducted the brother of Minister of State for Governorates Affairs Saad Al-Hardan in the area of Ramadi in Anbar Province, western Iraq.