Six killed in Baghdad mortar attack

A mortar attack east of Baghdad killed six people, including two children, authorities said today.

Several mortars fell on a residential area of al-Maamel on the capital’s eastern outskirts last night, police said.

Six people were killed and 15 others were wounded, said Rahim Qasim Basim of the al-Sadr General Hospital.

Early today a roadside bomb targeting a police patrol in eastern Baghdad killed two policemen and a civilian and wounded three policemen, police Maj Mahir Hameed Mosa said.