A woman suicide bomber blew herself up outside the house of a tribal leader in Diyala provincein northeast of Baghdad on Monday, killing him and three others, aprovincial police source said.
A woman arrived early Monday the house of Shiek Ghadhban al-Karkhi, and asked to meet him as he is the head of the Karkhiyah clan in the town of Kanaan, southeast of the provincial capital ofBaquba, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
The woman blew up her explosive vest when the Shiek came out tomeet her with two of his family members and a guard, killing them all, the source said.
U.S. and Iraqi officials said that militant groups, including al-Qaida in Iraq network, has increasingly used women, children and disabled people as suicide bombers to carry out blasts in crowded areas in Iraq.
Diyala province, which stretches from eastern edges of Baghdad to the Iranian border, has long been the stronghold of al-Qaida militant groups and hot bed of insurgency and sectarian violence since the U.S.-led invasion broke out in 2003.
Source: Xinhua
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