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Baghdad

Female bomber detained in Diala

DIALA / IraqiNews.com: Police forces arrested a woman wearing an explosive belt in northeast of Baaquba, the chief of the Diala police said Monday. “Police forces on Monday (April 27) arrested a woman at a checkpoint in al-Muqdadiya district, northeast of Baaquba,” General Abdul Hussein al-Shemri told IraqiNews.com news agency. “She was planning to blow herself up amid the police forces,” he added, without giving further details. Baaquba, the capital of Diala, is located 57 km northeast of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 1