Suicide bomber kills 14 near Iraq's Ramadi-hospital

Tuesday, February 27, 2007, 11:23 [IST]

BAGHDAD, Feb 26 (Reuters) A suicide bomber today blew up an ambulance at an Iraqi police station near the city of Ramadi, killing 14 people including women and children, a local hospital official said.

The official said the attack occurred in a village near Ramadi, capital of Anbar province, the heart of the Sunni insurgency in Iraq.

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