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More than 30 people have been killed and at least 19 others wounded in a suicide bomb attack on a restaurant in Baghdad, Iraqi officials have said.
Witnesses said the explosion in the city centre could be heard from several miles away, soon after 0930 (0630 GMT).
The restaurant is said to be frequented by police officers.
It comes a day after at least six people were killed and 25 others hurt in two car bomb blasts in a mainly Shia district in north-eastern Baghdad.
At least five Iraqi policemen were also killed and nine others wounded by a suicide bomb attack near the Iraqi city of Baquba, north of Baghdad.
Wednesday’s attacks came as US and Iraqi forces announced they had secured the town of Husayba on the Syrian border, in a major operation targeting insurgents along the Euphrates valley.
In the latest attack, at least one suicide bomber detonated explosives strapped to his body inside a restaurant crowded with people having breakfast, police said.
Several police officers and more than 20 civilians were among those killed, Major Abdel-Hussein Minsef told the Associated Press news agency. Iraqi security forces have been the frequent targets of attacks by insurgents.
More than 30 people have been killed and at least 19 others wounded in a suicide bomb attack on a restaurant in Baghdad, Iraqi officials have said.
Witnesses said the explosion in the city centre could be heard from several miles away, soon after 0930 (0630 GMT).
The restaurant is said to be frequented by police officers.
It comes a day after at least six people were killed and 25 others hurt in two car bomb blasts in a mainly Shia district in north-eastern Baghdad.
At least five Iraqi policemen were also killed and nine others wounded by a suicide bomb attack near the Iraqi city of Baquba, north of Baghdad.
Wednesday’s attacks came as US and Iraqi forces announced they had secured the town of Husayba on the Syrian border, in a major operation targeting insurgents along the Euphrates valley.
In the latest attack, at least one suicide bomber detonated explosives strapped to his body inside a restaurant crowded with people having breakfast, police said.
Several police officers and more than 20 civilians were among those killed, Major Abdel-Hussein Minsef told the Associated Press news agency. Iraqi security forces have been the frequent targets of attacks by insurgents.