Suicide bomber blows up vehicle, kills 11 in Iraq

Ramadi, Aug 29: A suicide bomber blew up a vehicle in the town of Al-Qaim in western Iraq today, killing at least 11 people, five of them security personnel, police said.

The town, on the Syrian border, 340 kilometres from Baghdad, was one of the last in Iraq to be recaptured from the Islamic State group in November last year. The 9 am bombing also wounded 16 people -- 11 civilians and five security personnel, police Captain Mahmud Jassem said.

PTI