Car bomb strikes Iraqi checkpoint in western Baghdad, killing 3 and wounding 9

Car bomb kills 3 in Baghdad

BAGHDAD — Iraqi officials say at least three people have been killed and nine wounded in a car bombing in a mainly Sunni district in western Baghdad.

Police and hospital officials say the explosives-laden car detonated Thursday as a joint patrol of Iraqi soldiers and members of a government-backed Sunni group, the so-called Awakening Council, passed by.

The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to release the information, say one Iraqi soldier and two members of the Awakening Council were killed.

The officials say four soldiers are among the wounded, along with three Awakening Council members and two civilians.