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Bomber kills Iraqi police chief Bomber kills Iraqi police chief
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A suicide bomber has killed several people in the Iraqi town of Baquba, reportedly including the city's chief of police, security sources say. A suicide bomber has killed at least nine people in the central Iraqi town of Baquba, including the city's chief of police, officials say.
The bomber entered a mosque compound where police officers were at a meal to mark the breaking of the daily fast during Ramadan, Reuters reports. They say the bomber entered a mosque compound where police officers were at a meal to mark the breaking of the daily fast during Ramadan.
There are reports that at least three people were killed and up to 17 people injured. The Baquba police chief was named as Brig Gen Ali Dalyan.
Baquba is the capital Diyala province, which has seen recent offensives by US and Iraqi troops targeting militants.
Earlier, six people were killed in a suicide truck bombing at a security checkpoint near the city of Mosul.