Seven killed in Baghdad bomb blast
18/04/2006 - 10:15:48A bomb placed underneath a car exploded in eastern Baghdad today, killing at least seven people and wounding more than 20.
The bomb targeted a police patrol in the neighbourhood of Suleikh, said police Capt. Ali al-Obeidi. Three policemen were among those killed, and the rest civilians, he said.
A roadside bombing in western Baghdad missed another police patrol, wounding a civilian driver instead.
In the Dora district of southern Baghdad, police discovered two bodies, both shot in the head. Twelve other bodies were found in the same neighbourhood yesterday.
In a drive-by shooting, assailants gunned down a police officer walking near his home in the southern city of Basra.
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