BEIJING, May 2 --A car bomb blast detonated near a US military convoy in western Baghdad on Sunday, destroying a US Humvee and causing several casualtie.

    The attack took place on a road in the Jame'a district of western Baghdad, killing a child and wounding seven people.

    Earlier on Sunday, a suicide car bomb hit another US military convoy in southeastern Baghdad , killing four Iraqi civilians and wounding 12 others.

    Meanwhile, five policemen were killed when some 30 insurgents attacked the checkpoint close to a military college near the old Deyala bridge south of Baghdad.

    Insurgents have stepped up their attacks in and around Baghdad since the formation of the new Iraqi government on Thursday.

    (Source: CRIENGLISH.com)