Female suicide bomber kills nine in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Nine people died Wednesday outside a courthouse in Baquba, Iraq, when a female suicide bomber detonate explosives, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said.

Five soldiers and a police officer were among the blast victims, CNN reported.

Seventeen other people were wounded, reports indicated.

The government official said the traditionally dressed woman detonated the explosives near a security checkpoint.