Baghdad: A suicide bomber
on Sunday rammed his explosives-laden fuel truck into a security checkpoint
south of Baghdad, killing at least 17 people and wounding dozens, officials
said, the latest episode in an uptick in violence in the war-ravaged country.
Among the dead were 11 civilians, while the rest were members of
the security forces, the attacker struck shortly after noon when the checkpoi
A medical official confirmed the causality figures. Both
officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorised to
release information.
Iraq has seen a spike in violence in the past month with suicide
attacks in and outside Baghdad killing more than 100 people.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, which
bore the hallmarks of the Islamic State group. IS and other Sunni militants
frequently use car bombs and suicide attacks to target public areas and
government buildings in their bid to undermine confidence in the Shiite-led
government in Baghdad.
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