At least nine victims were killed and 20 others injured Sunday in a suicide car bomb attack, police told Anadolu Agency.
\nThe vehicle was detonated near a police checkpoint in the Al-Halis area northeast of Baqubah, Diyala\u2019s provincial capital, according to Captain Habib al-Simari, a Diyala province police officer.
\nHe said the local government declared a curfew in Baqubah after the attack.
\nNo group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack that came only one day after the ISIL terrorist group staged an ambush in northeastern Iraq that killed at least eight victims.
\nThe attacks took place despite last week\u2019s large-scale security operation by police in Diyala to secure the provincial borders against ISIL militants entering from Kirkuk and Saladin provinces.
\nIn October, the Iraqi army \u2013 backed by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes and local allies on the ground \u2013 began a wide-ranging operation to retake Mosul, ISIL\u2019s last bastion in northern Iraq, which the militant group overran in 2014.<\/p>\n
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