Bomb attacks near Iraq police acadamy kill 15
BAGHDAD (AFP) — At least 15 people were killed and 45 wounded in a twin bomb attack near the Iraqi police academy in Baghdad on Monday, according to a new interior ministry toll.
A ministry official said a suicide bomber blew himself up near the entrance to the academy on Palestine Street in the heart of the Iraqi capital, shortly before a parked car exploded.
The victims included civilians and young police recruits, the official said.
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