Two truck bombs struck separate communities north of Iraq’s capital on Saturday, killing at least 16 people. According to AFP, Saturday’s deadliest attack came at about 8 a.m. local time when a truck bomber attacked a small police station in the remote village of Hamad north of Baghdad, killing at least 12 people, including six police.
Police at a checkpoint attempted to stop the truck, forcing the attacker to change direction and slam into a concrete barrier close to an open air market, they said. The police officials said twelve people were also wounded in the attack.