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Eleven people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on a minibus in northern Baghdad, officials have said. | Eleven people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on a minibus in northern Baghdad, officials have said. |
At least 18 other people were injured in the attack, which took place in Shaab, a majority Shia area, at 1230 local time (0930 GMT). | |
The bus was passing a church at the time of the explosion, police said. | The bus was passing a church at the time of the explosion, police said. |
The attack follows two suicide bombings on Sunday which killed 35 people and wounded 60 at a police commando recruiting centre in western Baghdad. | The attack follows two suicide bombings on Sunday which killed 35 people and wounded 60 at a police commando recruiting centre in western Baghdad. |
Earlier on Monday, a car bomb exploded on the edge of the heavily-fortified Green Zone, damaging 13 cars and injuring one civilian. | Earlier on Monday, a car bomb exploded on the edge of the heavily-fortified Green Zone, damaging 13 cars and injuring one civilian. |
Cameraman killed | |
In other violence, traffic police brigadier was killed by gunmen in the north of the city, while a motorcade carrying an Iraqi official came under attack as it drove through the western district of Mansur. At least two bodyguards were killed in that attack, officials said. | |
Also on Monday, police said gunmen shot dead a cameraman working for a private Iraqi television station in the northern city of Mosul. | |
Mohammed al-Ban, a journalist with al-Sharqiya, was killed outside him home in the central Al-Nur neighbourhood, news agency AFP quoted a Mosul police officer as saying. | |
Mr Ban is among scores of journalists killed in Iraq since the 2003 invasion. | |
A suicide bomber killed two US soldiers in the central Iraqi province of Salaheddin, the US military said. | |
Two soldiers were also injured in the incident, which took place on Sunday. |