Suicide attack averted as girl bomber surrenders

A TEENAGE Iraqi girl wearing a vest packed with explosives turned herself in rather than go through with a suicide bombing in a violence-torn city north of Baghdad, police and the US military said.

A US military statement said the girl surrendered to police in Baquba, capital of Iraq’s restive Diyala province, where Sunni Arab al-Qaida militants are waging war on US and Iraqi forces.

She was still wearing the vest, which police had to remove before detaining her.