Bicycle bomb kills 5, injures 24 in Khalis

DIALA / IraqiNews.com: At least five people were killed and 24 others wounded on Monday in a bicycle bomb explosion in central Khalis, a police source said. “A bicycle bomb went off on Monday (March 2) in front of a Shiite mosque in central Khalis, north of Baaquba, killing two civilians and wounding 15,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. Baaquba, the capital of Diala, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad.   SH (P)/SR 1