Suicide bombers kill 10
Suicide car bombers attacked two Iraqi police patrols in the capital today, killing 10 people, including five members of Iraqi security forces, police said.
The first suicide attack killed two policemen and one civilian in the eastern New Baghdad neighbourhood, police 1st Lt. Mohammed Jasim said. The attack also wounded seven policemen, some seriously, and one other civilian.
About an hour later the second suicide car bomber exploded near a police convoy near the Bay'a bus station in southern Baghdad, killing three police commandos and four civilians, police Capt. Talib Thamir said. Three civilians were also injured in that blast.
A lull in attacks after a security sweep last month through the capital has given way to increased incidents in recent days, including a suicide bombing yesterday that killed at least 60 people in Musayyib, about 40 miles south of Baghdad.
On Friday, seven suicide attacks exploded in the country, killing at least 30 and wounding over 110 people.
