Last Updated: Sunday, August 17, 2008, 19:28

Suicide bomb kills 15 at Baghdad checkpoint

A suicide bomber on a motorcycle struck a checkpoint manned by US-backed neighbourhood guards in Baghdad today, killing 15 people and wounding 29, police said.

Among those killed in the attack in the mainly Sunni Arab Adhamiya district of northern Baghdad was a leader of the neighbourhood guards in the area, Faruq Abu Omar, police said.

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