Suicide Car Bomb Explodes in Baghdad Kills 8

Suicide Car Bomb Explodes in Baghdad Kills 8
The militants detonated a car bomb attack at army headquarters in Baghdad on Sunday and then tried to shoot their way into the building, killing eight people and wounding 29 in an attack in the morning.
Immediately after the car exploded, gunmen attacked the headquarters, which is fighting the building’s guards in an exchange of fire 15 minutes in central Baghdad, according to police officials.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Defence Major General Mohammed al-Askari, the Associated Press Television News that some of the gunmen were wearing explosive belts and were planning a second explosion.
The plan was to strike twice, “he said, adding,” first with a car bomb and then with suicide bombers. ”