Bomb kills 11 Iraqi soldiers

Eleven Iraqi soldiers were killed today in a roadside bomb disposal accident in northern Iraq, Iraqi security officials said.

Eleven Iraqi soldiers were killed today in a roadside bomb disposal accident in northern Iraq, Iraqi security officials said.

The soldiers were trying to detonate a number of bombs in a vacant area in Bashika, east of the city of Mosul, 390km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, when the explosion took place, a senior police source said.

Reuters

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