A FEMALE suicide bomber blew herself up outside an army recruitment centre in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar today, killing at least seven and wounding 37. The recruitment centre, housed in a former US military base, had only opened today after a joint Iraqi-US military operation which US forces said had effectively rid Tal Afar of what they called "terrorists and foreign fighters". "A suicide bomber blew herself up in front of the recruitment centre. This centre was supposed to be open today for volunteers," Iraqi General Nejam Abdullah said.
Many people were waiting at the scene to sign up to join the army, police said.
Today's attack mirrored a suicide bombing of a recruitment centre in Baquba, 65km north of Baghdad, yesterday. At least 10 died in that blast, with around 30 wounded. |