Iraqi police: Roadside bomb kills 2 in eastern Baghdad

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
A roadside bomb struck a double-decker bus in eastern Baghdad and killed two people, Iraqi authorities said Monday. Seven others were wounded in the attack. Iraqi police and hospital officials said the bus was carrying employees of Iraq's Housing Ministry through the Shi'ite-dominated neighborhood of Mashtal when the blast occurred. The wounded were brought to Baghdad's Kindi hospital, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to disclose the information. The US military said the explosion destroyed the bus and confirmed that seven persons were wounded, but said only one was killed. Conflicting casualty tolls are common in Iraq.