Baghdad  - A member of the Awakening Council was killed Saturday and another 15 people wounded, when a female suicide bomber detonated her explosive belt in the northern Iraqi city of Baquba, witnesses said.

Witnesses told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa that the suicide attacker targeted a meeting point of the Awakening Council in Bortokala district, central Baquba.

The Awakening Councils are local police squads located mainly in Sunni provinces to fight the al-Qaeda terrorist network. (dpa)