Baghdad bombings may be linked to former leader’s capture

A SUICIDE bomber driving a four-wheel drive taxi killed eight Iraqi policemen in an attack yesterday on a station in the capital’s northern outskirts, their commander said.

Lt Col Ali Amer said 10 officers were injured in the blast in the northern Husainiyah district. Residents said at least five civilians, including a five-year-old girl, were also wounded by flying glass and debris.

Earlier, seven officers were wounded when another car bomb exploded in the western Ameriyah neighbourhood just after 8 am.