BAQUBA, Iraq (AFP) — A suicide bomber blew himself up at the gate of a police station northeast of Baghdad, killing at least six people, including five security personnel, police said Tuesday.
Police Colonel Ibrahim al-Obeidi from Baquba, capital of Diyala province, said the bomber attempted to enter the police station in the town of Jawalaa, 100 kilometres (60 miles) north of the city.
"He detonated his explosive vest when he was stopped at the gate of the police station which is located in the centre of the main market of the town," Obeidi told AFP.
Three Kurdish security guards, two policemen and a civilian were killed and 25 people were wounded, he added.
Jawalaa is a town inhabited mainly by Kurdish Shiites.
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