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Female suicide bomber kills 10
02/01/2008 14:19 - (SA)
Baghdad - A female suicide bomber wearing
an explosive vest struck a checkpoint of neighbourhood patrol
volunteers in Baquba, capital of Iraq's restive Diyala province,
killing 10 people and wounding eight, police said.
Police said most of the victims were mostly patrol
volunteers, and many of the wounded were in serious condition.
The mainly Sunni Arab neighbourhood patrols, paid by US
forces to oppose Sunni al-Qaeda militants, have frequently been
targeted in recent months, and suicide bombings remain common
even as overall violence in the country has declined.
There have been a handful of attacks by female bombers in
recent weeks.
- Reuters
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