Three policemen were killed while two policemen and three civilians were injured in a roadside bomb explosion targeting a police patrol in downtown Fallujah, police said Saturday, according to DPA. Local police spokesman Ahmed Yassin said the explosion took place in Streets No.40 in the centre of the city at 11:30 am. One of the injured policemen was in critical condition. Late Friday a bomb explosion in a jewellery market in Kut killed two women and injured three more civilians including a child, police said. The blast in the centre of the city 170 kilometres southeast of Baghdad damaged surrounding shops, police said.
