At least 18 people have lost their lives and 23 others sustained injuries in a powerful explosion in a town in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala near the border with Iran.
Security sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the bomb attack took place in the town of al-Khalis, located roughly 9 miles northwest of the provincial capital city of Baqubah, on Monday morning.
No individual or militant group has yet claimed responsibility for the act of violence.
The blast comes a day after another bombing killed 12 in a mostly Shia district of Baghdad.
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