Baghdad, March 21 (Xinhua) Two roadside bombs targeting police patrols went off in quick succession in eastern Baghdad Wednesday, wounding two policemen and three civilians, an Interior Ministry source said.
The blasts, detonated at about 7.40 a.m. (local time) near the Beirut Square, also damaged a police vehicle and several nearby civilian cars.
Source said that the police patrols found 31 unidentified bodies in different parts of Baghdad on Tuesday, adding that some of the bullet-riddled bodies were found blindfolded, showing signs of torture.
Two US soldiers were killed and a third wounded in a roadside bomb in southern Baghdad Tuesday, military sources said Wednesday.
Violence persists in Baghdad despite the presence of tens of thousands of US and Iraqi soldiers across the capital in a major security crackdown aimed at curbing insurgency and sectarian violence in the war-torn country.