Car bomb blows up inside Baghdad Green Zone, 3 dead

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BAGHDAD, Oct 4 (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber drove into Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone complex with a convoy of other vehicles on Tuesday and blew up, killing three people and wounding six, Iraqi police said.

The vehicle entered the Green Zone, which houses the U.S. and British embassies and the Iraqi government, by an entrance used by Iraqi employees, journalists and others to enter the complex.

Police said the car exploded as it was being searched at a checkpoint inside the zone. The attack came on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which has been marked by surges in violence in the past.

Those killed on Tuesday were two Iraqi soldiers and a civilian, police said. The six wounded were four Iraqi soldiers and two policemen. It was not immediately clear what sort of convoy was entering the area at the time.