By Xinhua
Baghdad : Three people were killed and ten others injured by a car bomb explosion targeting a police patrol in western Baghdad on Thursday, an Interior Ministry source said.
“The incident occurred at about 11:00 a.m. (0800 GMT) when a booby-trapped car went off near a police patrol in the al-Kindi thoroughfare in the Harthiya neighborhood,” the source told Xinhuaon condition of anonymity.
The blast resulted in the killing of three civilians, includinga woman, and the wounding of ten others, including three policemen,the source said.
Several nearby shops and civilian cars were damaged by the blast, the source added.
Earlier, four roadside bomb explosions across Baghdad resulted in the killing of an Iraqi soldier and the wounding of eight people, the police said.