Suicide bomber kills 8, wounds 19 in northern Iraq

At least eight people were killed and 19 others wounded on Saturday when a suicide bomber blew himself up at an Iraqi army checkpoint next to a market in the northern city of Mosul, a police official said.

Nineveh province police Lieutenant Colonel Mahmoud al-Jibouri said the dead included five soldiers, while two soldiers were amongst the wounded. Mosul is 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad. (Reuters)