Iraqi officials: Suicide bomber at Baghdad checkpoint kills 10, wounds 35
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Iraqi officials say a suicide attack on a security checkpoint north of the capital, Baghdad, has killed at least 10 people.
A police officer says the suicide bomber set off his explosives-laden vest Saturday at an Iraqi police checkpoint in the Kadhimiya neighborhood in Baghdad. He says four civilians were among those killed, while 35 others were wounded.
A medical official confirmed the casualty figures. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to release information.
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No one immediately claimed the attack, but the Islamic State group, which controls a third of Iraq and Syria, has claimed several previous attacks targeting Iraqi security forces and the country's Shiite majority.