Female bomber kills two in Iraq market blast

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Source: AFP

BAQUBA, Iraq (AFP) — A woman suicide bomber blew herself up in a market in the central Iraqi city of Baquba on Monday, killing two people and wounding 14 others, a medic told AFP.

The bomber detonated her explosives vest in Al-Mafraq market in Baquba, the capital of restive Diyala province, at around 10:45 am (0645 GMT), a police officer said on condition of anonymity.

Apart from the bomber, "two people, including a woman, were killed in the attack," the medic from Baquba hospital said.

Diyala has over the past year suffered several suicide bomb attacks carried out by women, some of them causing high casualties.

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