Suicide bombing kills 22 in Iraq

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Source: CCTV.com | 04-24-2009 13:51

A suicide bomber has blown himself up among a group of Iraqis collecting humanitarian aid in a mainly Shiite area in Baghdad. At least 22 people are dead.

A child injured in a bomb blast gets  treatment in a hospital in Baghdad,  Iraq, Thursday, April 23, 2009. A  suicide bomber blew himself up among  a group of Iraqis collecting  humanitarian aid Thursday in a mainly  Shiite area in Baghdad, killing at  least 22 people, the Iraqi military  said.(AP Photo/Adil al-Khazali)

Thursday's attack is the latest in a series of bombings as the US scales back its force in Iraq by 2011. The attack occurred just after noon as Iraqi police were distributing aid parcels in the central neighborhood of Karradah.

Police officers were among the 22 people killed. 35 other people were wounded. This came a day after a suicide bomber killed five people and wounded twenty others at a Sunni mosque. A police official said the attacker was mingling with worshippers when he detonated a belt packed with explosives.

Editor:Zhang Yun