Iraqi Security Forces Investigate Car Bomb Attacks and Help Wounded

Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
RELEASE No. 20070329-02

Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD – Two car-bombs killed four Iraqi Police officers and one Iraqi civilian, and wounded an additional 16 in southwest Baghdad March 29.

Initial reports indicate that the policemen and Iraqi civilian died when the bomb detonated near a patrol at about 8 a.m. near the Jihad neighborhood. Iraqi Army soldiers and the police were investigating a suspicious vehicle when it detonated, killing five and wounding nine other Iraqi security force members. At approximately 10:30 a.m., a second car-bomb detonated in Bayaa, wounding seven Iraqi civilians, including several children.

Iraqi security forces and Multi-National Division - Baghdad troops arrived on scene shortly following the attacks, established checkpoints and began to evacuate the wounded to local hospitals, while also searching for other possible car-bombs in the area. The incident is under investigation.