Suicide truck bomber kills 20 in Baghdad

A suicide truck bomber targeted a Baghdad police station today, killing at least 20 people and wounding another 30, police said.

The attacker, driving a truck loaded with explosives, blew up his deadly charge at the Rashad police station in the eastern neighbourhood of Mashtal around 2:50 pm, said Captain Mahir Abdul Satar. The vehicle slammed into concrete barriers surrounding the police station.