Female suicide bomber kills 54, mostly women and children

An Iraqi Shiite woman carries a child in Baghdad

An Iraqi Shiite woman carries a child in Baghdad

“Iraqi officials say a female suicide bomber mingling among Shiite pilgrims in northern Baghdad has detonated an explosives belt, killing at least 54 people.  mA police official says the bomber struck  while she was lining up with other women to be searched by female security guards at a checkpoint on the outskirts of the Shiite neighborhood of Shaab”

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