The Health Ministry says policemen are among some 20 people also injured in the blast.
Elsewhere in Baghdad today, a U.S. military spokesman, Major Philip Smith, said U.S. troops battled with insurgents after an explosives-rigged car tried to ram a checkpoint.
In central Iraq, the U.S. military said U.S. warplanes fired at suspected hideouts of militants in and around the Sunni insurgent stronghold of Al-Fallujah.
The military said in a statement the target was a cluster of houses believed to be used by members of a militant group led by Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi, who is suspected of having links with the Al-Qaeda terrorist network.
(Agencies)
Elsewhere in Baghdad today, a U.S. military spokesman, Major Philip Smith, said U.S. troops battled with insurgents after an explosives-rigged car tried to ram a checkpoint.
In central Iraq, the U.S. military said U.S. warplanes fired at suspected hideouts of militants in and around the Sunni insurgent stronghold of Al-Fallujah.
The military said in a statement the target was a cluster of houses believed to be used by members of a militant group led by Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi, who is suspected of having links with the Al-Qaeda terrorist network.
(Agencies)
