BAGHDAD, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- A girl was killed and five others injured in a bomb explosion during a family picnic on Friday in Iraq's central province of Salahuddin, a police source said.
The incident occurred in an open area outside the town of al-Alam when the girl was digging the ground and a buried bomb, believed to be left by Islamic State militants, exploded, Colonel Mohammed al-Obaidi from the provincial police command said.
The explosion killed the girl and seriously wounded her other five family members, al-Obaidi said.
The injured have been transported to the hospital for treatment, al-Obaidi added. ■
