Over 40 dead in bombings in Iraq’s Diyala province

10 August 2015, 9:52 pm

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BAGHDAD — Two bombs striking neighborhoods in Iraq’s eastern Diyala province kill at least 42 people Monday night, officials said, less than a month after it was the scene of one of the deadliest attacks to hit the country in recent years.

The deadlier of Monday’s two attacks happens near the provincial capital, Baquba, located 35 miles (60 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad. Police say a suicide car bomb tore through a marketplace, killing at least 35 people and wounding 72.

The second takes place in the village of Kanaan, where officials say a suicide bomber blew himself up in a residential area, killing seven people and wounding 15.

— AP