BAGHDAD: A suicide attacker driving a car bomb killed at least five
people when he detonated his payload at the interior ministry in central
Baghdad on Monday, medical officials said.At least 27 others were
wounded in the 7:30 am (0430 GMT) attack in the Bab al-Sharji
neighbourhood. The nearby Neurological Hospital took in five dead and 13
wounded, while al-Kindi Hospital treated 14 injured, officials at the
two hospitals said.The attacker took advantage of interior ministry
guards opening the compound s main gates to allow in electrical
maintenance workers to ram his explosives-packed car through and set it
off, a ministry official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.The
blast came after violence across Baghdad on Thursday killed 60
people.Iraq is mired in political dispute with authorities calling for
the arrest of Sunni Arab Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi on charges he
ran a death squad, accusations Hashemi denies.Prime Minister Nuri
al-Maliki has also called for the sacking of his Sunni deputy Saleh
al-Mutlak, who has denounced the premier as a dictator 'worse than
Saddam Hussein'.The Sunni-backed Iraqiya bloc, to which both Hashemi and
Mutlak belong, has boycotted the cabinet and parliament.
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