11 Iraqis wounded in Baghdad bomb attacks

Source: www.chinaview.cn
2009-11-23 19:28:33 Print

BAGHDAD, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- A total of 11 people were wounded in five roadside bomb explosions across the Iraqi capital on Monday, an Interior Ministry police source said.

Four people were wounded in a roadside bomb explosion near a fuel station in the al-Nidhal Street in Baghdad's central district of Karrada, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

Two more civilians were wounded in Karrada when another roadside bomb detonated near a convoy of an Iraqi politician, the source said.

The blast also damaged one of the convoy's vehicles, the source said.

A third roadside bomb went off near a police patrol at an intersection in the same neighborhood, wounding two civilians, he said.

Two others were also wounded when a bomb explosion struck a U.S. patrol while passing in the al-Husseiniyah neighborhood in the northeastern Baghdad, he added.

The source could not tell whether the U.S. soldiers sustained any casualty as the troops sealed off the area.

The U.S. military did not confirm the incident yet.

One more civilian was wounded when a fifth roadside bomb detonated at a commercial area of al-Sinek in central the capital, he added.

The blast also caused damages to several nearby shops and buildings, he said.

Sporadic roadside bombs, car bombings and suicide attacks are still haunting Iraqis, shaping a setback to the efforts of the Iraqi government to restore normalcy in the country after nearly five months of U.S. troops pullout of cities and towns.