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Six killed, 15 injured in suicide attack on volunteer center western Baghdad

BAGHDAD, June 17 (KUNA) -- Six people were killed, and 15 more were injured in a suicide attack that targeted a police volunteer center in Fallujah, police said Sunday.
A suicide bomber, wearing an explosive belt, blew himself up after getting into a crowd of Iraqi volunteers for police force in the city 45 kilometers west of Baghdad, an Iraqi police source told KUNA by phone today.
Police surrounded the area and prevented civilians from getting close by as precautionary measure, where ambulances rushed to the scene to evacuate the victims to the city's general hospital, the source added.
The targeted enrollment center opened last week, after a number of other centers in Fallujah were attacked.(end) mhg.hb KUNA 171558 Jun 07NNNN