A suicide bomber blew himself up in a town in western Iraq on Friday, killing at least eight civilians and a soldier. A senior police officer said he was one of a group of four suicide bombers who infiltrated a neighbourhood of Al-Baghdadi in the western province of Anbar.<br/><br/> Army forces were able to kill three suicide bombers after trapping them in a house in the Martyr's neighbourhood by detonating their belts with gunfire. The officer said the fourth managed to hide and later blow himself up in the midst of a group of civilians and soldiers. The police officer said eight civilians and a soldier were killed in the blast, while another 11 people were wounded.
News On AIR | June 23, 2017 5:06 PM
Suicide bomber kills nine in western Iraq