A female suicide bomber detonated an explosives belt Friday outside the offices of an anti-al-Qaeda group that has joined forces with the U.S., killing at least 15 people, police said.
Ten of those killed in the blast in the Diyala province city of Muqdadiyah were members of the anti-al-Qaeda group who have partnered with U.S. and Iraqi forces to rid their neighborhood of militants, said Brig. Gen. Mohammed al-Tamimi, the city police chief.
Al-Tamimi said at least 20 people were injured, according to the AP.
Another police official said the suicide bomber was a former member of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party. The explosion went off about 9:30 a.m. on the outskirts of Muqdadiyah, which is about 60 miles north of Baghdad, on a road leading to the town market, al-Tamimi said.
