Attack on Iraq Election Campaign Tent Kills 22-police, Medics

Saturday, 06 April 2013 07:22 AM EDT ET

BAGHDAD, April 6 (Reuters) - At least 22 people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a busy election campaign tent in the Iraqi city of Baquba on Saturday, police and medics said.

The attack began when a hand grenade was thrown into the tent in the city of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad. (Reporting by Raheem Salman; Writing by Isabel Coles; Editing by Alison Williams)

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