A deputy police commander says a suicide bomber targeting Iraqi soldiers collecting their paychecks has killed eight people in the western city of Haditha.
Waid Khalif said March 3 that the suicide bomber walked up to a crowd of Iraqi army personnel outside a bank in the city, 140 miles (220 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad.
He said six soldiers and two civilians were killed in the attack.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility but al-Qaida in Iraq often targets security personnel, AP reported.
