Gunmen shot dead an Iraqi car driver and trapped his car with explosives which detonated to wound two policemen on Saturday, witnesses said.

"Unidentified attackers opened fire at a car in Amil district, southwestern Baghdad, at about 7:45 a.m. (0345 GMT), killing the driver," a witness, Ahmed Ali told Xinhua.

He said that later the gunmen trapped the driver's car with explosives "which detonated when the police reach the scene, wounding two of them."

The identity of the victim was not immediately known, and the two policemen were evacuated to a nearby hospital, Ali added.

Source: Xinhua