Washing the blood off the streets after a deadly suicide bomb attack in Iraq's capital, Baghdad.<br/> <br />One policeman died and four people were wounded when a man blew himself up next to a police checkpoint in the Mansour district.<br/> <br />Witnesses say the bomber was wearing an explosives belt.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) EYEWITNESS TO BLAST, HAIDER, SAYING:<br/> <br />"He was running from there and a guard was running behind him and they both exploded -- as you see the damage. He was wearing an explosives belt."<br/> <br />Violence has dropped sharply in Iraq since the sectarian fighting peaked five years ago.<br/> <br />But bombings and other attacks still occur daily as the army and police battle both Sunni insurgents and Shi'ite Muslim militias.<br/> <br />Sunita Rappai, Reuters
