A suicide car bomb and another car packed with explosives targeted Iraqi police patrols Saturday in separate attacks in central Baghdad, killing at least six people, police said, June 07, SPA--, according to AP. The suicide attacker rammed into a police patrol mid-afternoon in Nisoor Square on the west side of the Tigris River, killing a civilian and a policeman, police said. Another five people were wounded. The other explosion took place nearly simultaneously at a crowded bus stop on the eastern side, where passengers were lining up to catch rides to eastern Shiite neighborhoods. Police believed the target was the passing convoy of a top Iraqi police general. Four people were killed and 18 wounded, Brig. Gen. Nazar Majeed among them, said an officer on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to media. Three of the dead were policemen, he said. The area includes shops that sell spare auto parts and tires, and is frequently used as a shortcut for Interior Ministry convoys trying to avoid traffic jams on another main street leading to government buildings, the officer said.
