Female suicide bomber kills at least 20 Iraqis during iftar

A female suicide bomber blew herself up in a crowd of people during an iftar in the Iraqi province of Diyala on Monday, killing at least 20 people and wounding around 30, a top military officer said.

General Abdel Karim alRubaie, the commander of Iraqi troops in Diyala, north of Baghdad, said the attack was in the town of Bala Druz, south of the provincial capital Baquba. He said the bomber blew herself up at around 7:30 pm when people had gathered to break the Ramadan fast at the home of a detainee who was released from a US military prison on Sunday.

Baquba police Lieutenant Ali Ahmed also confirmed the attack,saying the former detainee, a police officer, had arranged a special dinner on Monday for his friends and relatives when the attack took place.Ahmed said the released detainee was killed in the blast, along with his father and another senior police officer from Bala Druz.

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