Suicide bomber kills three in Baghdad

A suicide car bomb that exploded at a police checkpoint in southern Baghdad today has killed at least three people and wounded…

A suicide car bomb that exploded at a police checkpoint in southern Baghdad today has killed at least three people and wounded eight, police said.

Insurgents have carried out a number of suicide bombings over the past two weeks.

On Saturday, 22 people were killed when two suicide bombers attacked a foreign security convoy in central Baghdad.

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