Bomb in Police Booth Kills 4 in Baghdad

03/25/2006

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A bomb exploded in a booth for traffic police in north Baghdad Saturday, killing four civilians, police said.

A policeman was among five people wounded in the attack near the Iraqi finance ministry, police said.

Elsewhere in north Baghdad, gunmen opened fire on a police patrol in a drive-by shooting, wounding one officer, police said.

In southern Iraq, police discovered 23 rockets rigged as improvised bombs in a bus station in the city of Amarah.