A police officer and two civilians were wounded by a bomb explosion in western Baghdad on Saturday, an Interior Ministry source said.
The incident occurred when a bomb planted in the officer's private car detonated while he was driving near an intersection in the Mansour district, wounding him and two bystanders, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
The explosive charge was of a magnetic kind, which had been stuck in the officer's car and damaged it, the source added.
Iraqi security forces sealed off the area, allowing ambulances to evacuate the wounded people to the nearby al-Yarmouk hospital, the source said.
In southwestern the capital, another roadside bomb went off near a U.S. patrol while traveling on a main road leading to Baghdad airport, the source said without elaborating as the U.S. troops immediately cordoned off the area, preventing the Iraqi police from approaching the scene.
The U.S. military has not confirmed the incident yet.
Sporadic attacks continue in the Iraqi cities despite the U.S. and Iraqi officials' announcement of a relative lull in violence during the past months.
Source:Xinhua
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