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SULAIMANI — Three people were killed on Friday (January 28)
in an explosion from unexploded war remnants in Babil governorate, south of
Baghdad.
A security source told NRT the three, a father with
his son and daughter, were searching through litter for scrap metal.
The source, who spoke under the condition of anonymity, said
the family was killed in a blast from unexploded war ordnance while collecting
metal cans.
Police in Babil later announced on Friday that they had begun an
investigation into an explosion that killed three people.
Babil Police Command said in a statement they had begun to
take necessary legal measures regarding an explosion in a wooded area near an
abandoned milk factory in Imam sub-district in the north of Babil governorate.
Security detachments found the bodies of a man and two
children at the scene of the explosion and a motorcycle along with a bunch of
firewood and metal cans. The statement said they were inside the wooded area to
gather firewood.
Unexploded ordnance and landmines left over from the
numerous past conflicts, such as the Iran-Iraq War, litter the country, causing
numerous deaths and injuries each year.
(NRT Digital Media)