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Six killed by suicide bomb blast in Mosul

Jun-26-2005 » Filed Under: TF Freedom

There are no reports of injuries to US soldiers in this attack in Mosul.

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By FRANK GRIFFITHS, Associated Press

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A suicide bomber who hid explosives beneath watermelons in a pickup truck slammed into a police headquarters in northern Iraq on Sunday, killing six people and wounding eight others, police and hospital officials said.

The explosion partially destroyed Bab al-Toob police station in central Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, an Associated Press reporter at the scene said. The blast happened at about 6:30 a.m. in a busy shopping district that includes a market.

Policeman Mohammed Hussein Ali, 30, said he witnessed the attack in which a man who seemed to be driving watermelons to the market detonated his pickup truck just outside the two-story building.

All the roads were blocked at the time except for one that leads to the market, and the pickup truck was allowed to pass through a checkpoint, he said. The bomber detonated the explosive near a rear wall adjacent to the station.

"We didn't suspect him. Everyday we see such cars because we're near a market," Ali said.

Four policeman and two civilians were killed in the blast, police Brig. Gen. Saaid al-Gibouri said. The four policemen were sleeping in a room at the headquarters and died when the roof collapsed on them, Ali said. The two civilians were killed on the street outside.

The wounded included police and civilians, including the station's commander, said Dr. Baha al-Din al-Bakri and Ali. [...]

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