Suicide bomb kills 25 at crowded coffee shop

CNN Wires Staff

October 29, 2010 -- Updated 2041 GMT (0441 HKT)

(CNN) -- A bomb attack at a crowded coffee shop in Iraq on Friday evening killed 25 people, according to Interior Ministry officials.

The suicide bomber walked into the popular shop in Balad Ruz, a predominantly Kurdish town about 50 kilometers (30 miles) northeast of Baquba, and detonated an explosive vest, officials said.

Seventy others were wounded in the attack, Iraqi officials said.