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Four killed in suicide bombing in Iraq…

July 27, 2009
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At least four people have been killed and nine others injured by a bomb blast at the funeral of a local police officer in western Iraq.

The bomber detonated his explosive vest Sunday at the funeral for a police officer killed in another bomb attack near Falluja in Anbar province a day before, the police spokesman said.

On Saturday, at least five people were killed and 21 others wounded as a bomb-laden car exploded near the offices of a Sunni Arab political party in Fallujah.

Anbar Province, which has a large concentration of Sunni Arabs, has been relatively quiet since the expulsion of extremist insurgents in 2006. However, in recent weeks, it has experienced an upsurge in violent attacks, mainly against civilians and Iraqi security forces.
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