Five garbage collectors were killed and another wounded when a roadside bomb exploded in western Baghdad on Thursday, an Interior Ministry source said.

"An explosive charge went off at about 9:30 a.m. (0530 GMT) in the Abu Jaafar al-Mansur Square, killing five garbage workers and wounding another," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

Meanwhile, an Iraqi court investigator was assassinated on his way to work in western Baghdad on Thursday, a police source said.

Gunmen shot dead Firas Muhammed at about 8:30 a.m. (0430 GMT) near the Baghdad's Karkh courts complex in Mansur, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

Source:Xinhua