4 Sahwa fighters killed in suicide blast in Diala

DIALA / IraqiNews.com: Four Sahwa (Awakening) tribal fighters were killed in addition to an unidentified number of others wounded when a female suicide bomber detonated her explosive belt near a Sahwa checkpoint in central Baaquba on Monday, police said. “The bomber attacked a Sahwa checkpoint on al-Atibaa street in central Baaquba city, leaving four fighters killed and an unknown number of others wounded in an initial count of casualties,” a Diala police source told IraqiNews.com. Baaquba, the capital city of Diala province, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1