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Monday
Mar232009

Breaking News: Suicide Bombings in Iraq, Pakistan

kurdistanIn the northern Iraq town of Jalawla, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives at the funeral of the father of Kurdish regional government official Hameed Khudadat, killing at least 25 people and wounding 45.

Eight people were killed and 10 wounded in a bombing west of Baghdad, while a suicide bomber killed a policeman and wounded eight in Tal Afar.

In Pakistan, a suicide bomber walked up to a station of the special intelligence branch of the Islamabad police and blew himself up, killing an officer. Geo News report a total of three dead. Two police officers were critically wounded.

It is the second suicide bombing in the area in a week.

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