Female suicide bomber kills five outside Baghdad Green Zone
24/11/2008 17:31
A woman suicide bomber blew herself up at a checkpoint outside the Green
Zone in central Baghdad this morning, killing at least five people and wounding
12 others, an Interior Ministry source said.
A woman wearing an
explosive-belt blew herself up at a checkpoint manned by Iraqi security forces
outside the heavily fortified Green Zone, the source told Xinhua on condition of
anonymity.
"Our first reports said that five killed and 12 injured, including
security members," the source said.
Suicide attacks carried out by women and
girls have become increasingly common in Iraq in recent months. The US military
says that the al-Qaida insurgents prefer using female bombers because they can
easily escape detection as the Iraqi police are reluctant to search
them.
Insurgents frequently targeted the Green Zone, which houses some Iraqi
government offices and foreign embassies, including the US one. The roughly 10
square km area is located on the west bank of the Tigris River which bisects the
Iraqi capital.
Xinhua
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