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21 Iraqis killed, 35 injured in sucide attack in Diyala

By NNN-KUNA,

Baghdad : Twenty-one Iraqis were killed and 35 others were injured when a female suicide attacker blew herself up in Diyala province on Monday, a police officer said.

A female wearing a belt packed with explosives blew herself up near people gathering to break their fast in the Beldozer district in Diyala, Major-General Abdulkareem Al-Rubaiee, operations commander at Diyala police, told KUNA.

The attack killed five police officers and men.

Monday’s attack took place after the Iraqi Interior Ministry announced the dismantling of a cell that recruits females to carry out suicide attacks.