Suicide bomber kills 15 people in Baghdad

In Iraq, at least 15 people were killed and 45 injured after a suicide truck bomb targeted a police checkpoint in southern Baghdad yesterday. According to Iraqi officials, the bomber detonated the vehicle, an oil tanker laden with explosives. 

Officials



said, three policemen were among the dead while the rest were civilians. A number of policemen were also wounded. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Islamic State group has carried out similar attacks as their territorial hold in Iraq weakens.