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Suicide bomber kills 7 and injures 17 in Iraq
A suicide bomber detonated an explosives vest in the Iraqi town of Muqdadiya, northeast of Baghdad, killing seven people and wounding 17, a source in the town's hospital said.
- Agencies
- Published: 14:48 February 20, 2008
Baghdad: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives vest in the Iraqi town of Muqdadiya, northeast of Baghdad, killing seven people and wounding 17, a source in the town's hospital said.
The source said the attack had occurred in a market in the town, 90km northeast of the capital, and so far the hospital had received seven bodies.
While attacks across Iraq have fallen by 60 per cent since last June, US commanders say Al Qaida in Iraq, who they blame for most large-scale bombings, remains a dangerous foe, particularly in provinces north of Baghdad.
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