A suicide truck bomber struck the provincial headquarters of an Iraqi police commando force north of Baghdad today, killing at least 10 troops and wounding 18 others, police said.
Iraqi and US forces also raided a Shiite militia stronghold in Baghdad this morning, triggering a gunbattle that left three people dead, while 12 people were killed in other attacks, including five in a drive-by shooting against a barbershop.
The truck carrying apples and bananas drove through razor-wire barricades around the two-story building of the Interior Ministry’s police commandos, which located near an intersection in central Samarra, police Capt Laith Mohammed said.
He said 10 commandos were killed and eight were injured in addition to injuries to 10 civilians. The building was virtually levelled, said policeman Mohammed Ali, who went to the scene with ambulances after the attack.
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