Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Suicide bomber kills 9 in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN)A female suicide bomber detonated explosives outside a courthouse in central Baquba Wednesday, killing nine people, the Interior Ministry said.

Among the victims were five soldiers and a police officer, a ministry official said. The blast wounded 17 others.

The official said the woman, dressed in a traditional black overgarment known as an abaya, blew herself up near a security checkpoint outside the courthouse.

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