BAGHDAD (AP) — Authorities in Iraq say a suicide car-bomb attack on a security checkpoint has killed nine people in a city northeast of Baghdad.
Police officials say the attack Thursday afternoon took place when a suicide bomber drove his explosive-laden car into a police checkpoint in the city of Baqouba, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of the capital. Some policemen were among those killed, and 11 other people were wounded.
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