One killed, 3 injured in Iraq's Diyala

One killed, 3 injured in Iraq's Diyala
A civilian was killed and three others were injured on Sunday in separate bomb attacks in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala, the police said.

A civilian was killed when a sticky bomb attached to his car detonated in Himreen area, some 110 km northeast of the capital Baghdad, a source from Diyala's provincial operations command told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

In a separate incident, three civilians were wounded when a roadside bomb went off outside a house in the town of Abbarah near the provincial capital city of Baquba, some 65 km northeast of Baghdad, the source said.

Also in Diyala, Iraqi security forces carried out search operations across the province during the past 24 hours and arrested six suspects, including two individuals wanted for charges of terrorism, the source added.

The province of Diyala, 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.

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BAQUBA, Iraq, Nov. 20 (Xinhua)