By Xinhua
Baghdad : Two civilians were killed and eight others wounded in a mortar attack in southern Baghdad on Tuesday, an Interior Ministry source said.
Two mortar rounds landed before noon on houses in the Kafa’at neighborhood in Doura district, damaging several houses, killing two people and wounding eight others,” the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
Earlier, three roadside bombs targeting Iraqi police and U.S. patrols rocked the Iraqi capital, injuring a policeman, the source said.
But he didn’t know whether the U.S. patrols suffered any casualties, as the U.S. troops immediately cordoned off the scenes.
Sporadic attacks continue in Baghdad, dealing a setback blow to the security situation in the capital after a relative lull of violence as a result of a U.S. military surge.