Three Iraqis were wounded on Thursday when a booby-trapped vehicle went off in southwestern the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

The Iraqi Interior Ministry spokesman Saad Maan told MENA corespondent here that the booby-trapped car exploded leaving two policemen and a civilian passerby wounded.

The vehicle was parking on a side of a road when it went off. The security forces cordoned off the scene of the blast. Meanwhile, the wounded were rushed to hospital to receive treatment.