By Xinhua
Baghdad : Three roadside bombs detonated in different parts of Baghdad on Thursday morning, wounding altogether eight people, including policemen, a well-informed police source said.
A roadside bomb went off near a police patrol near the Zaiyounabridge in eastern Baghdad’s Baladiyat neighborhood, damaging a police vehicle and wounding three policemen on board in addition to three passing civilians, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
He said that another roadside bomb detonated near the Musa Bin Nassir fuel station in Karradah neighborhood in central the capital, wounding two civilians.
The source quoted Iraqi police patrols as saying that a U.S. armored vehicle was set on fire before dawn when a roadside bomb struck the military patrol on the al-Qanat street that passes through al-Amin neighborhood in eastern Baghdad.
The burning vehicle ignited several secondary explosions more than two hours after the roadside bomb attack, the source said.
It is not immediately known that whether the U.S. military sustained any casualty as the U.S. troops cordoned off the scene soon after the attack.
The U.S. military has not confirmed the incident yet.
Sporadic attacks continue in Baghdad, dealing a setback blow on the security in the capital after a relative lull of violence as a result of a U.S. military surge.