Female suicide bomber kills 3 in Baghdad
Published: Feb. 17, 2008 at 9:48 AM
BAGHDAD, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- A female suicide bomber Sunday killed three people and wounded 10 others in a shopping district in central Baghdad, an Iraqi interior minister said.
The bombing occurred in the morning in the city's Karrada district, CNN said.
The bomber ran into a shop and detonated her bomb as a police officer shouted warnings she was wearing an explosive vest.
One Iraqi police officer was among those injured, the minister said.
The bombing occurred in the morning in the city's Karrada district, CNN said.
The bomber ran into a shop and detonated her bomb as a police officer shouted warnings she was wearing an explosive vest.
One Iraqi police officer was among those injured, the minister said.
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