dailytimes.com.pk Article: Female suicide bomber strikes checkpoint

A female suicide bomber detonated an explosives belt hidden under her all-encompassing black robe at a checkpoint in Baghdad, killing at least two women and wounding five, AP quoted police as saying.

The attack occurred just after noon as women were being searched in a room before being allowed to enter a commercial street in the predominantly Sunni Amariyah neighborhood in southwest Baghdad, according to police officials.

The women attackers were waiting at one of two entrances to the Amal al-Shaabi market district, agencies reported.