Guerrillas fired mortars at a Baghdad police station today, wounding two policemen and three civilians, in an attack that coincided with a signing ceremony for Iraq's interim constitution.
A missile also hit a nearby house, smashing windows and blowing a hole in a wall but causing no casualties, witnesses said.
In the late afternoon, a blast echoed across the city centre, rattling windows. A US army spokesman said he had no information on whether the blast was controlled. An explosion earlier in the afternoon had been a controlled detonation of seized explosives, the US army said.
Security forces have been on high alert for possible guerrilla attacks aimed at disrupting the signing ceremony.
In the Iraqi city of Mosul, attackers opened fire on a car carrying two local council members, killing one and wounding the other, police said. The gunmen fled after firing on the car. A member of a local council, was killed, and another councillor was wounded.
In Khaldiya, west of Baghdad, a bomb exploded under the car of the police chief as he left his home this morning. His driver and a bodyguard were wounded.
Additional reporting PA