Bombing at Baghdad intersection kills 1, wounds 8
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Iraqi officials say a bombing has killed a traffic policeman and wounded eight other people in western Baghdad.
Police officials say the Monday morning roadside bomb missed a police patrol that was moving through an intersection in Mansour neighborhood. The blast killed a nearby traffic policeman and wounded eight passers-by instead.
A medic at a nearby hospital confirmed the death. All officials spoke under condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak to the media.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Violence has ebbed in Iraq from its height five years ago, but insurgents frequently attack the security forces in an attempt to shake the people's confidence in the Shiite-led government.