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3 dead as female suicide bomber strikes hospital near Fallujah

A female suicide bomber blew herself up at a hospital west of Baghdad on Sunday, killing three people and injuring five others, police and hospital officials said.

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  • Published: 15:08 November 9, 2008
  • Gulf News

Baghdad: A female suicide bomber blew herself up at a hospital west of Baghdad on Sunday, killing three people and injuring five others, police and hospital officials said.

The officials said two women and a 10-year-old girl were killed in the attack in Amiriyat Al-Fallujah near the city of Fallujah, 65 kilometres west of the capital.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to release the information to the media.

The attack follows a suicide bombing on Saturday that killed eight people and wounded 17 at a police checkpoint near Ramadi. Both Fallujah and Ramadi are located in Iraq's Anbar province.

The violence comes two months after the US handed control of the province over to the Iraqis and shows that militants have still not given up the fight despite setbacks at the hands of US and Iraqi forces.

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