Iraqi town hit by suicide blast

At least eight people have been killed and ten wounded in a suicide bombing in north-eastern Iraq, medical and security officials say.

The attack was in the town of Buhriz, which lies to the south of Baquba.

According to reports, the bomber detonated an explosive vest at a tea shop near the market.

The target appeared to have been the leader of one of the Sunni Arab militia groups which had switched support from al-Qaeda to US forces.

Laith Misha'an, the local leader of the pro-government Sunni militia known as The Awakening Council, was killed in the attack.

The violence comes a day after an attack in the same village killed two sons of the local mayor.

According to the BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse, in Baghdad, prominent members of The Awakening Council have been increasingly targeted in the past few months.