Baghdad, Oct 3 (Xinhua) The Polish ambassador to Iraq sustained minor injuries Wednesday when three roadside bombs went off near his convoy in central Baghdad, in which a passer-by was killed, an interior ministry source said.'The Polish ambassador was among the casualties of the triple roadside bomb attack in central Baghdad district,' the source said on condition of anonymity.Ambassador Gen. Edward Pietrzyk was immediately rushed to a US military hospital, said the source.The attack took place when three roadside bombs were detonated in quick succession near the Polish embassy convoy of sport utility vehicles (SUVs) in the Arrassat area in Baghdad's downtown Karrada neighbourhood, damaging three vehicles and wounding three people aboard, the source said.The attack also killed a passer-by civilian and wounded two others, the source said.Poland is a US ally over the Iraqi war, and about 900 Polish soldiers are operating within the US-led coalition troops in Iraq.Twenty-four Polish servicemen and civilians have been killed in Iraq since the outbreak of the Iraq war in March of 2003.
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