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| Suicide bomber hits Iraq village | |
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| A suicide bomber has killed 11 people and injured many others in a village in Iraq's Diyala Province on a day which saw at least six other violent deaths. | |
| The bomber set off a vest packed with explosives in al-Abbara, near the restive city of Baquba, police say. | |
| Al-Qaeda militants have been fighting government forces and local tribal groups in the province. | Al-Qaeda militants have been fighting government forces and local tribal groups in the province. |
| News agency reports quoting police and medical officials say the blast occurred in a village coffee shop. | News agency reports quoting police and medical officials say the blast occurred in a village coffee shop. |
| The attack came after a suicide car bomber struck a police checkpoint in central Baquba, killing one policeman and a civilian, police say. | The attack came after a suicide car bomber struck a police checkpoint in central Baquba, killing one policeman and a civilian, police say. |
| Six people were wounded in that attack, three of them children and three, according to one report, policemen. | Six people were wounded in that attack, three of them children and three, according to one report, policemen. |
| Diyala province also saw attacks on Monday in which at least four people were killed. | Diyala province also saw attacks on Monday in which at least four people were killed. |
| Also on Tuesday, a parked car bomb aimed at a police patrol in Baghdad went off, killing four people and wounding seven others. |