Khanaqin blast casualties up to 28

DIALA / IraqiNews.com: Casualties from Thursday’s earlier attack by a female suicide bomber inside a restaurant in Khanaqin district rose to 15 death and 13 others wounded, a security source said. “A female suicide bomber blew herself up inside the Dilshad restaurant in Khanaqin district, (155 km) northeast of Baaquba, leaving 15 people killed and 13 others injured,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The explosion caused damage to 10 stores and seven vehicles near the scene,” the source noted. A security source had told IraqiNews.com that a suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest inside a restaurant in central Khanaqin, killing 12 and wounding 11 others. Baaquba, the capital city of Diala province, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1