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Suicide attack kills 12, wounds 25 in Baghdad

A suicide bomber killed at least 12 people and wounded 25 others in an attack on a market in southern Baghdad on Thursday, security officials said.

Updated on: May 21, 2009, 14:56:37 IST
AFP | By , Baghdad
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A suicide bomber killed at least 12 people and wounded 25 others in an attack on a market in southern Baghdad on Thursday, security officials said.

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The bomber targeted a US patrol that was passing through a popular Assyrian market in the confessionally mixed Baghdad district of Dora, officials from the interior and defence ministry said.

Officials had no immediate reports of US casualties.

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