Two Iraqis were killed and two injured on Monday when an improvised bomb exploded on a busy highway in Baghdad, an Iraqi civil defence officer said, adding the device was probably intended for US troops.
The bomb detonated next to a minibus in the southern Dura area of the city, killing a passenger who was stepping down from the vehicle and one more on board, said Iraqi Civil Defence Corps officer Mustafa Tarek.
Another passenger and the bus driver were also injured in the blast at 11:00 am local time.
Tarek said the device had probably been planted to explode when an American military convoy drove past. US patrols frequently use the road to reach a police station 200 metres from the blast site.
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