Bomber kills himself, wounds six in Iraq

A suicide bomber blew up explosives in his car near a convoy of government vehicles northeast of Baghdad today, killing himself and wounding six others, police said.

It was the second suicide attack in two days in Iraq.

The blast was in the city of Baqouba, about 30 miles northeast of Baghdad, said police Colonel Ali Hossein.

The attacked convoy was normally used to transport the Diala provincial governor, Abdullah al-Joubori, but he was elsewhere at the time.

Three of the wounded were al-Joubori’s bodyguards, the three others bystanders, Hossein said.

A suicide bombing yesterday outside the house of a police chief in Hillah, about 60 miles south of Baghdad, killed the attacker and wounded seven others.

In the latest assault on US-led coalition forces, one US soldier was killed and another wounded in a roadside bombing yesterday, said Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt.

The injured soldier was flown to a combat support hospital after the explosion near Ramadi, west of Baghdad.