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Release A051226a

Iraqi Police, Firefighters respond to car bomb attacks

Multi-National Force-Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Police, Firefighters and Task Force Baghdad Soldiers responded to multiple car bomb attacks in Central and Eastern Baghdad during the morning of Dec. 26.

At 8:30 a.m., a suicide car bomber detonated in the Karadah district of Baghdad, killing one Iraqi civilian and wounding one Iraqi Policeman and one Iraqi civilian.

The second car bomb exploded in Eastern Baghdad at about 10:00 a.m., injuring five Iraqi police officers.

At 10:43 a.m., a third detonated near an Iraqi Police patrol in Northeast Baghdad, killing four Iraqi civilians and wounding two Iraqi Policemen.

Around 10:45 a.m. in central Baghdad, the fourth incident, initiated by a suicide car bomber, wounded four Iraqi civilians and two Iraqi Policemen.

All wounded were evacuated to local hospitals.

The Iraqi Police, Firefighters and Army secured the sites and extinguished the fires. All incidents are under investigation by Iraqi officials.

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FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS RELEASE, CONTACT THE TASK FORCE BAGHDAD PUBLIC AFFAIRS PLANS AND OPERATIONS NCO, MASTER SGT DAVID ABRAMS AT: DAVID.ABRAMS@ID3.ARMY.MIL.