IRAQ: Suicide bomb kills at least four at checkpoint at Baquba in the north-east

Record ID: 356395

  • Title: IRAQ: Suicide bomb kills at least four at checkpoint at Baquba in the north-east
  • Date: 21st April 2009
  • Summary: BAQUBA, IRAQ (APRIL 20, 2009) (REUTERS) U.S. AND IRAQI SOLDIERS AT BLAST SCENE MORE OF U.S. AND IRAQI SOLDIERS AT SCENE CIVILIAN CAR WITH BROKEN REAR WINDOW FIRE ENGINE/ U.S. AND IRAQI SOLDIERS IRAQI SOLDIERS LOOKING AT LEG OF THE SUICIDE BOMBER BLAST SCENE/ IRAQI SOLDIERS IRAQI SOL DIERS AT BLAST SCENE IRAQI SOLDIERS EXAMINING DAMAGED CAR EXTERIOR OF HOSPITAL VARIOUS OF I
  • Embargoed: 6th May 2009 13:00
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  • Location: Iraq
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
  • Reuters ID: LVAU8S9IV7Y2GH9LBF6P5JHMH00
  • Story Text: Lieutenant Colonel Hameed al-Shimari, who heads an emergency police unit in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, said that seven civilians were also wounded in the attack.
    A U.S. military official said that at least eight U.S. soldiers were wounded in the attack, but said that none were killed, as Iraqi police had reported.
    While violence has declined sharply across most of Iraq, ethnically mixed Diyala province has remained one of most restive areas of the country.
    Suicide bombings have occurred frequently in Baquba, which has been seen as one of the few remaining havens in Iraq for Sunni Islamist al Qaeda fighters.
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