Iraq suicide bomb kills 15 policemen

A suicide car bomber wearing a police uniform killed at least 15 traffic policemen and wounded 100 others during morning roll call at a police headquarters in an oil-rich northern Kurdish city, the second such attack in as many days.

A suicide car bomber wearing a police uniform killed at least 15 traffic policemen and wounded 100 others during morning roll call at a police headquarters in an oil-rich northern Kurdish city, the second such attack in as many days.

The bombing that ripped through the police facility was one in a series attacks, including at least five suicide car bombings, that swept Iraq yesterday. Authorities reported 37 people died in attacks nationwide in the ongoing militant offensive that has killed nearly 1,200 in less than two months.

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