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BAGHDAD, Nov. 24 (Xinhuanet) -- A bomb planted inside a commercial building
in western Baghdad detonated Wednesday, wounding four people including a police
officer, witnesses said.
The blast took place around 7:30 p.m. (1630 GMT) in the Ramadan14 Street,
one of the busiest districts in the Iraqi capital.A police captain, speaking on
condition of anonymity, told Xinhua that four people were injured, including a
police officer.Earlier, another policeman said the officer was killed in the
explosion.
An aged woman making a phone call near the building at the time of the
explosion fell to the ground because of a heart attack. Shewas then transferred
to a hospital.
The other two wounded were workers at a nearby shop.Baghdad has witnessed a
wave of bomb and mortar attacks in the past few weeks when the US and Iraqi
forces were tightening the noose on insurgents west and south of the city.
A five-hour curfew, from 10 p.m. (1900 GMT) to 4 a.m. (0100GMT), is
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