A booby-trapped car went off at a parking lot of a popular marketplace, which was close to an Iraqi army checkpoint in Khalis, just north of the provincial capital city of Baquba, some 65 km northeast of the capital Baghdad, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
Four soldiers were among the 18 wounded people. The powerful blast caused three people dead and severe damage of seven shops as well as several civilian vehicles, the source said.
Diyala province, which stretches from the eastern edges of Baghdad to the Iranian border east of the country, has long been a stronghold for al-Qaida militants and other insurgent groups since the U.S. led invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Violence in Iraq has decreased from its climax in 2006 and 2007, when sectarian conflicts pushed the country to the brink of a civil war, but tensions and sporadic shootings and bombings are still common across the country.
from XINHUA
2012-11-18 16:12:27
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