Six Iraqis killed in bombings

Roadside bombings targeting Iraqi soldiers in Baghdad and north of the capital killed six people today, police said.

Two civilians were killed in Baghdad’s south-western Saydiya district when a bomb exploded as an Iraqi army convoy passed.

The blast, which happened at about 7am (4am Irish time) also wounded four people, including two Iraqi civilians.

Another Iraqi army unit was attacked by a roadside bomb blast in Khan Bani Saad, a town 17 miles north-east of Baghdad, 90 minutes later, resulting in four soldiers being killed.

The soldiers were attacked after arriving at the town’s fire station after it sustained a barrage of three mortars.

Two soldiers and two civilians were also injured in the bomb blast.