Bombing, shooting kill nine in Iraq: officials

BAGHDAD: A roadside bomb killed at least six people near the Iraqi capital on Friday, and gunmen with silenced weapons also shot dead three police officers in the city, security and medical officials said.

The roadside bomb exploded in the main market in Al-Husseiniyah on Baghdad's northeast outskirts, killing six and wounding 52, an interior ministry official said.

A medical source at the Sheikh al-Dhari hospital said it had received eight bodies and more than 50 wounded from the blast.

Meanwhile, gunmen opened fire on a police checkpoint in Bayaa in south Baghdad, killing three, the interior ministry official said. A medical official confirmed the toll.