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Suicide bomb kills 11 in Baghdad | Suicide bomb kills 11 in Baghdad |
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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). | 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 that houses government buildings and foreign embassies, injuring one civilian. | |
Cameraman killed | Cameraman killed |
In other violence, a 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 the motorcade attack, officials said. | |
In the northern city of Mosul, police said gunmen had shot dead a cameraman working for a private Iraqi television station. | |
Mohammed al-Ban, who worked for al-Sharqiya TV, was killed outside his home in the central Al-Nur neighbourhood, news agency AFP quoted a Mosul police officer as saying. | |
Mr Ban is among scores of journalists who have been killed in Iraq since the 2003 US-led invasion. | |
In other violence on Monday: | |
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