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Suicide bomber kills 8, wounds 13 in Iraq - sources


    FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide bomber targeting a government bank in the northern Iraqi town of Haditha killed at least eight people and wounded 13 others, police and hospital sources said on Thursday.

    A police source said people were at the bank to collect their salaries when the bomber struck, adding that six of those killed were soldiers.

    Haditha is 190 km northwest of Baghdad.

    (Reporting by Fadhel al-Badrani; Writing by Serena Chaudhry)