Bus Bomb Kills 6 in Iraq

By VOA News

 

28 September 2009  Police in Iraq say a bomb planted on a bus has killed six people and wounded two others.

Officials say the bomb exploded Monday as the bus was traveling south of Baghdad, outside Diwaniya.

Violence has fallen significantly in Iraq in the past two years, although insurgent attacks still remain common.

On Sunday, the U.S. military announced a development in the case of the 2006 kidnapping and murder of members of an Iraqi tae kwon do team.

The military said Iraqi commandos have arrested a suspect in the case near Khalidiyah. No further details were available.

The tae kwon do team was driving to Jordan in May 2006 when its convoy was stopped on a highway in Anbar province between Fallujah and Ramadi.  More than a year later, the remains of 13 team members were found.