Baghdad bridge-bombers kill 22

Iraq: Suicide truck-bombers struck police checkpoints on two bridges in a Shia area south of Baghdad yesterday, killing 22 people…

Iraq:Suicide truck-bombers struck police checkpoints on two bridges in a Shia area south of Baghdad yesterday, killing 22 people and badly damaging one of the bridge's spans, Iraqi police said.

Police estimated that 60 people were wounded in the attacks, the latest against key infrastructure in and around Baghdad.

Last month, a bomb loaded on a truck destroyed the Sarafiya bridge in Baghdad. Days later, a suicide car-bomber blew himself up on a ramp leading to another bridge in the capital.

A police source said that eight policemen were among the dead in yesterday's attacks, but it was unclear how many casualties were caused by each blast.

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The two bridges over the Diyala river, a tributary of the Tigris, are commonly used by Shia pilgrims travelling to the Shia holy cities of Najaf and Kerbala to the south.

- (Reuters)