INPs respond to IED, provide medical assistance
By Multi-National Division - Baghdad PAO
Nov 20, 2008 - 8:37:19 PM
Blackanthem Military News
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi National Policemen responded to a roadside bomb blast Nov. 18 in southern Baghdad's Rashid district.
INPs from the 3rd Battalion, 7th Brigade, 2nd NP Division, and Soldiers from Company A, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, MND-B., arrived at the scene near an Iraqi primary school in the Masafee community at approximately 6 p.m. to find two wounded citizens, one a young girl.
The INPs immediately transported both wounded individuals to a nearby hospital for further medical treatment.
The Iraqi Security Forces held four individuals for questioning and released them from custody approximately 15-minutes later.
"The Iraqi Security Forces responded quickly and professionally to the scene to care for their fellow Iraqis," said Maj. Dave Olson, spokesman 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad. "This despicable act by a cowardly enemy to place a bomb near a school left an innocent Iraqi girl hospitalized."
The ISF are conducting an investigation to find the people responsible for the bombing.