A truck bomb exploded during rush hour Sunday on a busy commercial street in northern Baghdad, killing at least 12 people and wounding about two dozen, Iraqi police and health officials said. The explosives-packed small truck blew up some 200 yards (meters) away from a passport office in a district, a police officer said. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. At least two women were among the dead, the officer was quoted as saying by the Associated Press. The wounded included four women and three policemen, he added. Health authorities confirmed the casualties.
