Double suicide bombing 'kills eight in Baghdad'

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Source: AFP

Double suicide bombing 'kills eight in Baghdad'
By Prashant Rao (AFP) – 2 hours ago

BAGHDAD — A double suicide bombing killed eight people on Sunday at an Iraqi defence ministry complex that three weeks ago was hit by a massive suicide attack which killed dozens, a health official said.

A suicide bomber blew up a minibus at the rear gate of the Rusafa Military Command headquarters in east Baghdad around 10:50 am (0750 GMT), said Major General Qassim Atta, a security forces spokesman in the capital.

A policeman told an AFP reporter at the blast site that a second suicide attacker, wearing an explosives-filled belt, then rushed on to the scene and blew himself up -- an account backed up by an interior ministry official.



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