Iraq violence kills more than 45 in a day
A suicide truck bomb crashed into a Baghdad police headquarters today, killing seven and wounding at least double that many in a deadly 24 hours that saw more than 45 killings in Iraq, including two American soldiers, authorities said.
The truck bomb attack in the southern Baghdad neighbourhood of Dora came at 7.45am (4am Irish Time) as policemen were coming on duty and the blast razed the building, said Captain Jamil Hussein. He said the number of casualties was expected to rise.
