Suicide car bomber kills 10 north of Baghdad

A suicide car bomber rammed his car into a house north of Baghdad and killed at least 10 people and wounded 12, the US military…

A suicide car bomber rammed his car into a house north of Baghdad and killed at least 10 people and wounded 12, the US military said today.

The attack late yesterday occurred in a village near the town of Balad, about 80 kilometres north of Baghdad, a US military spokesman said.

There has been a surge in suicide car bombings over the past six weeks, mostly in the capital, Baghdad.

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