Iraq News

At least 14 people were wounded in a bomb explosion inside a coffee house in Hilla, a security source in Babel Province said. The bomb detonated in Al Maktabat Street in Al Hilla Market, the source told Alsumaria News. The first death toll of the incident pointed out to 14 wounded. Security forces cordoned off the region and prevented entrance thereto. A police officer was killed and three others wounded in a roadside bomb explosion targeting a security patrol in western Mosul, a police officer said. In Kirkuk, Kurdish security forces backed by US troops killed a kidnapper and arrested two in a crackdown to free three children taken as hostages in central Kirkuk. Three people were killed and nine others were wounded including a police officer in two bomb explosions in central Ramadi.