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Woman suicide bomber kills two in Baghdad

At least two people were killed and four others injured following an attack by a female suicide bomber in central Baghdad, police said on Sunday.

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  • Published: 13:18 February 17, 2008
  • Gulf News

Baghdad: At least two people were killed and four others injured following an attack by a female suicide bomber in central Baghdad, police said on Sunday.

The woman, wearing a suicide vest, detonated explosives near electrical shops in the Karrada district of the capital, police said.

Earlier this month two women bombers killed 99 people in two crowded pet markets in the Iraqi capital, the deadliest attacks in the city since April.


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