A suicide truck bomber plowed through a sandbag barrier to strike a police station in the northern city of Mosul on Tuesday, killing at least seven people and wounding 17, police said.
It was the latest challenge to efforts by Iraqi forces to take over their own security as the United States prepares to withdraw all its forces by the end of 2011.
The bomber broke through the first checkpoint on the station's perimeter, which was made of sandbags, then detonated his explosives when he reached the concrete wall a few yards (meters) away from the building, according to local police.
The attack occurred about 6:30 a.m. at the Mahta police station in …
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