Iraq roadside bomb kills four
Roadside bombs killed three labourers and a policemen in Iraq today, a day after bombings and shootings left more than 70 people dead in a dramatic surge of bloodshed in the country, police said.
Yesterday’s dead included 20 Iraqi troops, a US soldier and a British soldier.
Early today, a bomb in a rubbish bag lying on a street in central Baghdad exploded near a group of labourers waiting to be hired for daily wage work, said police 1st Lt. Ahmed Mohammed Ali.
He said three labourers were killed and eight were injured.
Minutes later a second bomb, also hidden in a bag, exploded but caused no casualties, he said.
In the northern city of Mosul, a police patrol was hit by a roadside bomb today, killing one policeman and injuring four, said police 1st. Lt. Ahmed Khalil.
Also today, a man was killed when a bomb he was planting on a highway in northern Baghdad exploded, police Warrant Officer Mahoud Yassin said.
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