3 Killed, 17 Injured in Bomb Attacks in Iraq
2012-04-21 21:49:26 Xinhua Web Editor: Liuyuanhui Three people were killed and 17 others injured Saturday in separate bomb attacks in Iraq, the police said. In the morning, two roadside bombs went off almost simultaneously near two minibuses at the Shiite neighborhood of Chikook in northwestern Baghdad, killing three people and wounding 12 others, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. In eastern Iraq, Hisham al-Hiyali, governor of Diyala province, survived a roadside bomb explosion near his convoy while travelling near the provincial capital city of Baquba, some 65 km northeast of Baghdad, a source from Diyala's operations command anonymously told Xinhua. Three of Hiyali's bodyguards were wounded by the blast, which also damaged one of his convoy's vehicles, the source said. In the western province of Anbar, two policemen were injured when a sticky bomb attached to their car detonated near the provincial capital city of R