Suicide-bomb attack kills 11 in Baghdad

A suicide car bomb attack this morning in Baghdad has killed 11 and injured 22, police said.

A suicide car bomb attack this morning in Baghdad has killed 11 and injured 22, police said.

The convoy of Iraq's minister of labour was the target of the bombing. A spokesman said the minister was unhurt. Three of his bodyguards were among the dead.

A Reuters television cameraman filmed the attack but said an Iraqi soldier confiscated his videotape.

The cameraman saw a car collide with a convoy of six or seven four-wheel-drive vehicles and explode near Tahrir square in central Baghdad.

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Police and bodyguards in the convoy opened fire after the attack. Several vehicles crashed, and others sped away.

Reuters