Suicide bomber kills eight, wounds 19 in Iraq

MOSUL: At least eight people were killed and 19 others wounded on Saturday when a suicide bomber blew himself up at an Iraqi army checkpoint next to a market in the northern city of Mosul, a police official said.

Nineveh province police Lieutenant Colonel Mahmoud al-Jibouri said the dead included five soldiers, while two soldiers were amongst the wounded.

Mosul is 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad.