Five killed in Iraq suicide attack

A suicide bomber killed four policemen and a civilian and wounded eight people today when he blew up his car outside a police…

A suicide bomber killed four policemen and a civilian and wounded eight people today when he blew up his car outside a police station in Iraq.

The bomber targeted Rasheed police station in the town of Yusufiya, south of Baghdad.

Insurgent attacks in Iraq have fallen over the past six months, but militants have targeted US-backed anti-Qaeda neighbourhood patrols and police in recent weeks.

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