An Iraqi policeman stands guard at a checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. There have been a surge of attacks around the country as Iraq gears up for crucial parliament elections on April 30. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
April 24, 2014 - 1:37 AM
BAGHDAD - Iraqi officials say a suicide attack on a police checkpoint south of the capital, Baghdad, has killed at least 10 people and wounded 18.
A police officer says the bomber drove his explosives-laden car into the checkpoint at the entrance of the southern city of Hillah, about 95 kilometres (60 miles) south of Baghdad. He says six civilians and four policemen were killed in that attack.
A medical official confirmed the causality figures. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to release information.
Last month, a suicide car bomber hit a nearby checkpoint in same area and killed 36 people.
Iraq is going through an uptick in violence in the run-up to the parliamentary elections next Wednesday.
News from © The Associated Press, 2014