A suicide bomber targeted a group of pro-government, anti-militant Sunni militiamen west of Baghdad, killing eight people and wounding 14, officials said on Wednesday.
The bomber struck on Tuesday night as the militiamen were patrolling a camp for families, who had fled the months-long fighting in western Anbar province between militants from an al-Qaeda splinter group and government forces allied with Sunni tribal fighters, a police officer said.
It was unclear if the bomber had come from the camp, which is located outside the provincial capital of Ramadi, or had followed the militiamen into it. The police officer said two militiamen, three guards and three women died in the explosion.
