13 dead in Iraq bomb blast

Updated: 16:29, Thursday, 2 August 2007

At least 13 people have been killed and 15 wounded in a suicide bomb blast north of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

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Baghdad - Suicide bomb happened just north of the capital

At least 13 people have been killed and 15 wounded in a suicide bomb blast north of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

An explosives laden car was driven into a queue of recruits outside a police station in the town if Hibhip.

The dead included six police and seven civilians.

The attack followed a day of major strikes in Baghdad, in which suicide bombers killed more than 70 people.

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