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| Iraq |
| Women bombers kill Iraqi police |
| 2005-12-06 |
| At least 27 Iraqi police officers have been killed and another 32 wounded in a suicide attack on a police academy in east Baghdad, the US military has said. A US forces' statement said that the policemen were killed when two women blew themselves up inside a classroom at about 1245 (0945 GMT). A translator working at the complex has told the BBC that at least one of the bombers was herself a police cadet. The witness said the first bomber went into a classroom before detonating the explosive belt she was wearing. As trainees and instructors tried to escape the scene there was a second explosion, also inside the academy building. Roads around the complex have been sealed off and American forces have been helping the Iraqi emergency services to get the injured to hospital. |
| Posted by:Steve |