Female bomber attacks Iraq market

0 Comments | AFP, July, 2008

BAQUBA, Iraq (AFP) — A woman suicide bomber blew herself up in the centre of a market in the central Iraqi city of Baquba on Monday causing several casualties, a local police officer told AFP.

The bomber detonated her explosives vest in Al-Mafraq market in Baquba, the capital of restive Diyala province, at around 10:45 am (0645 GMT), the officer said on condition of anonymity.

"There are casualties including women and children but we have no details," he said.

Diyala has over the past year suffered several suicide bomb attacks carried out by women, some of them causing high casualties.

© 2008 AFP

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