Suicide bomb attack kills four outside Baghdad hotel

A SUICIDE bomber driving a van disguised as an ambulance blew up the vehicle in front of a Baghdad hotel frequented by Westerners yesterday, killing four people.

The blast at the Shaheen Hotel, which killed a South African man and three others, also injured 17 people.

Security guards opened fire on the vehicle a white van with Red Crescent markings as it drove around concrete barriers near the hotel.