AT LEAST FIVE KILLED IN IRAQ EXPLOSIONS
Baku, June 7 (AZERTAC). Several bomb attacks killed at least five people in and around Baghdad. The violence occurred as Iraqi leaders wrangle over formation of a new government, three months after an inconclusive parliamentary election, VOA reported.
The explosion outside a Baghdad police station killed a number of officers and caused more than a dozen casualties.
Sabah Hassan, an eyewitness, said he saw a suicide bomber detonate his vehicle as it approached a police patrol that was heading towards the station.
A second eyewitness, Ahmad Abbas, who was wounded in the explosion, says police sealed off the area and began firing into the air to prevent anyone from coming near.
Iraqi police were also targeted by a roadside bomb in Baghdad`s Zaytouna neighborhood, wounding four policemen and a bystander. Outside of Baghdad, in Mahmoudiya, another roadside bomb caused more than half a dozen casualties near a council building.
Insurgents have focused their attacks on Iraqi security forces in recent months, in the lead-up to the withdrawal of most U.S. forces this August.
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