‘Kiss of death’ kills Iraqi officer

A suicide bomber on Sunday used a “kiss of death” to kill an Iraqi Army officer who was guarding a roadblock in the northern city of Mosul on Sunday, security officials said.

The bomber approached the officer with a big smile and gave him hug as if he was a friend, then blew himself up, the police officer Hamid al-Juburi said.

Another two soldiers and two civilians were wounded in the blast, Army Colonel Ahmad Saeed said.

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