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A suicide bomber wearing a vest packed with explosives has killed 15 people in a town near Baghdad.A suicide bomber wearing a vest packed with explosives has killed 15 people in a town near Baghdad.
At least 20 people were wounded in the blast at Muqdadiya, 90km (55 miles) north-east of Iraq's capital.At least 20 people were wounded in the blast at Muqdadiya, 90km (55 miles) north-east of Iraq's capital.
The attack in the volatile Diyala province targeted a Concerned Local Citizens group. Among those killed were 10 members of a Concerned Local Citizens militia, security officials said.
The groups are an alliance of clans which have sided with US forces and the Iraqi government in order to try to reclaim Iraqi provinces from al-Qaeda. The groups are an alliance of clans that back US forces and the Iraqi government in their efforts to reclaim Iraqi provinces from al-Qaeda.
A security official in Baghdad told AFP news agency that 10 of those killed were from the Concerned Local Citizens group while the other five were civilians. Fragile security
It is not the first suicide attack this year to hit the town - in April more than a dozen people died when a woman bomber walked into a crowd at a police recruitment centre. Correspondents say recent months have seen a sharp and sustained drop in all forms of violence in most parts of Iraq.
The US troop surge in and around Baghdad, which started in February, has been credited with this.
But senior US commanders in Iraq have warned recent gains could be fragile.
In April this year, more than a dozen people died in Muqdadiya when a woman bomber walked into a crowd at a police recruitment centre.