Suicide Blast Kills 18 at Baghdad Crime Lab

A suicide bomb blast has killed at least 17 people and injured 80 at a Baghdad crime lab run by the Interior Ministry. Many of the dead and wounded were believed to be police officers, reports AP. The attack occurred a day after triple bombings at Baghdad hotels killed 41 people. The serious assaults on fortified targets in central Baghdad are creating a crisis for the government. (More Iraq suicide bombing stories.)