A booby-trapped car blew up close to a popular restaurant in the Iraqi capital after nightfall on Tuesday wounding at least nine people, a security source said. The source said the explosives-laden vehicle, parked near the restaurant, blew up at 8 p.m., shortly after arrival of policemen at the restaurant, adding that four of them were wounded in the blast. The explosion wounded five civilians and caused extensive damage to the restaurant and nearby stores. Police sealed off the scene of the blast and the wounded were taken to hospitals.Earlier on Tuesday, three Iraqi army recruits were killed after coming under fire in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. The bodies of two Iraqi civilians were also found in the city, police reports said.