Seven Iraqis killed, tight security on Ashoura anniversary

Explosions and attacks continued in Iraq in recent hours, with the last of which resulted in the killing of one Iraqi policeman in a bomb explosions that targeted a police vehicle on the main road to the west of Baghdad.

Also in the capital Baghdad, one Iraqi was killed and other four injured in an armed attack targeting workers installing road barriers on the airport road.

To the south of Baghdad, one Iraqi policeman and two gunmen were killed and other five were injured in clashes in Jarf al-Sakher area.

The Iraqi police said that its members were in a breaking in campaign in the area in search of wanted persons when the clashes took place, noting that 10 gunmen were arrested as a result.

In al-Nasereyah, southwest of Baghdad, one member of the Italian forces was injured in a bomb explosion while he was in a vehicle. In the same city, two policemen were killed and other 38 injured including four officers in an attack carried out by one suicide bomber in a booby trapped car against a police barrack.

One Iraqi security source said that the explosion targeted a gathering for the Police Maghaweir while they were having their daily training in the training courtyard.

In Basra, a Danish patrol was exposed to an attack by an explosive when it was running on one of the roads in the city. The Iraqi police said that five Iraqi civilians were injured in the attack.