Five dead in Iraq interior ministry suicide attack: doctors

Baghdad: A suicide attacker driving a car bomb killed at least five people when he detonated his payload at the interior ministry in central Baghdad on Monday, medical officials said.

At least 27 others were wounded in the attack in the Bab Al Sharji neighbourhood. The nearby Neurological Hospital took in five dead and 13 wounded, while Al Kindi Hospital treated 14 injured, officials at the two hospitals said.

The attacker took advantage of interior ministry guards opening the compound's main gates to allow in electrical maintenance workers to ram his explosives-packed car through and set it off, a ministry official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The blast came after violence across Baghdad on Thursday killed 60 people.