People sit near the scene of a suicide attack after a suicide car bomb struck a checkpoint in the eastern suburb of Hussainiyah, Baghdad, Iraq. Suicide attacks targeting security forces in two Baghdad suburbs have killed and wounded dozens of people. Karim Kadim / AP
People sit near the scene of a suicide attack after a suicide car bomb struck a checkpoint in the eastern suburb of Hussainiyah, Baghdad, Iraq. Suicide attacks targeting security forces in two Baghdad suburbs have killed and wounded dozens of people. Karim Kadim / AP
People sit near the scene of a suicide attack after a suicide car bomb struck a checkpoint in the eastern suburb of Hussainiyah, Baghdad, Iraq. Suicide attacks targeting security forces in two Baghdad suburbs have killed and wounded dozens of people. Karim Kadim / AP
People sit near the scene of a suicide attack after a suicide car bomb struck a checkpoint in the eastern suburb of Hussainiyah, Baghdad, Iraq. Suicide attacks targeting security forces in two Baghdad

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Suicide attacks in Iraq kill at least 14 people

A suicide car bomb struck a checkpoint in the eastern suburb of Hussainiyah late Saturday, killing six civilians and four soldiers in an ISIL-claimed attack.

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BAGHDAD // Suicide attacks targeting security forces in two Baghdad suburbs have killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens, officials said Sunday.

A suicide car bomb struck a checkpoint in the eastern suburb of Hussainiyah late Saturday, killing six civilians and four soldiers, a police officer said. He added that another 28 people were wounded in the attack. ISIL claimed the attack in a statement posted on a militant website.

Another police officer said a suicide car bomb struck a passing military convoy at around the same time in the southern suburb of Arab Jabour, killing four soldiers and wounding eight others.

Two medical officials confirmed the casualty figures. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorised to release the information.

Iraqi forces backed by US-led airstrikes have pushed ISIL back on a number of fronts in recent months, clawing back territory seized by the extremists during their sweep across northern and western Iraq in 2014.

But ISIL has continued to carry out attacks in and around Baghdad, mainly targeting security forces and the country’s Shiite majority.

* Associated Press

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