25-11-2024 10:47 PM Jerusalem Timing

7 Killed in Iraq Twin Blasts

7 Killed in Iraq Twin Blasts

Two blasts rock Ramadi, killing seven people including four policemen.

Two blasts rock the western Iraq city of Ramadi on Monday, killing at least seven people, including four policemen, and injuring 51 others, a police official said.


"A car bomb exploded near the Anbar provincial government offices around 9:30 am (0630 GMT) followed about 15 minutes later by a suicide bombing," said a police spokesman, Major Rahim Zabin.

"Seven people were killed, including four police, and 51 were injured, among them women and children."

Ramadi is the capital of the province of Anbar, Iraq's largest by area.