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Suicide explosion leaves 18 casualties in Baaquba
 (VOI) -- A civilian man was killed and 17 others, including a number of policemen, wounded when a suicide female bomber blew up her explosive vest near the al-Sharqi police station in central Baaquba city on Monday, according to a security source in Diala province.Earlier in the day a security source said eight people were killed when a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) went off northeast of Baaquba. "The IED blew up in al-Wajihiya area, al-Muqdadiya district, (45 km) northeast of Baaquba, killing five women and three men while heading for a nearby field," the source, who spoke only on condition of anonymity out of security concerns, told Aswat al-Iraq -- Voices of Iraq -- (VOI). Posted by: Fred 2008-08-12 |
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