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Curfew imposed in capital of Iraqi province after suicide attack
Curfew has been imposed in the capital of Diyala following a suicide attack on the governor's convoy on Tuesday.
- Agencies
- Published: 13:56 August 12, 2008
- Iraqi soldiers and police and US soldiers tend to injured Iraqis at the site of a suicide bomb attack in central Baqouba in Diyala province on Tuesday.
- Image Credit: Reuters
Baghdad: Curfew has been imposed in the capital of Diyala following a suicide attack on the governor's convoy on Tuesday.
Two people were killed and seven wounded when the suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest near Governor Raad Rasheed's convoy as it passed through the capital Baquba.
The governor was not harmed in the attack.
State television said the curfew had been imposed on the centre of the city from noon on Tuesday until Wednesday morning.
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