Officials: Suicide attack targets police in eastern Iraq, killing at least 7 policemen
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Iraqi officials say a suicide attack targeting the police in the country's east has killed at least seven policemen and wounded 14.
A police officer says the bomber drove his explosives-laden truck into the concrete blast walls outside the police headquarters in the town of al-Salam early on Wednesday morning. The town is about 75 kilometers (47 miles) northeast of Baghdad and close to the city of Baqouba, a former al-Qaida stronghold.
A medical official confirmed the causality figures. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to talk to media.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Baqouba and its surroundings are seeing scores of attacks as part of a nationwide spike that has gripped Iraq in the past few months. More than 5,500 people have been killed since April.