Seven Iraqis killed, 27 injured in explosion attack

A spokesman for the Iraqi ministry of the interior said that at least 7 persons were killed and other 27 injured in an attack by explosives that took place late yesterday evening in front of a cafe in Baghdad.

The spokesman who asked to be anonymous said that "at least seven persons were killed and other 17 injured in the explosion which resulted, seemingly, from a booby trapped car explosion in front of a cafe situated in al-Jadereyah quarters in the downtown of Baghdad.

He explained that "the injured people were admitted to one of the hospitals in Baghdad and their number is increasing," adding that many of them are in critical health condition.

One Iraqi journalist said that the explosion targeted a gathering of Iraqi police men in al-Jadereyah area which is under tough security measures because it includes embassies and hotels inhabited by foreign journalists. He said that forces of the police, the national guards and the US army besieged the site of the explosions and prevented access to it.