By Xinhua,
Baghdad : Two bomb attacks targeted a convoy of a foreign security firm and an Iraqi police patrol in central Baghdad on Wednesday, wounding six people, an Interior Ministry source said.
A roadside bomb detonated in the morning near a convoy of sport utility vehicles (SUV), usually used by foreign security firms in Karradah neighborhood in Baghdad, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
The attack resulted in the damaging of an SUV within the convoy and wounding two occupants, the source said without identifying their nationalities or the name of the foreign security firm.
Two Iraqi civilians were also wounded by the attack, the source added.
In a separate incident, another roadside bomb went off near a police patrol near a Shiite mosque in Karradah, damaging a police vehicle and wounding two aboard, he said.
Sporadic attacks continue in Baghdad despite the U.S. and Iraqi officials’ announcement of a relative lull in violence during the past months.