While there is still no new information on the Kunduz bombing, another suicide attack occurred at roughly the same time in Kanan in Iraq’s restive Diyala Province.
At least 11 Iraqi soldiers were killed and some 29 people wounded in a suicide car bomb attack targeted local government compound in a town in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala on Monday, reports Xinhua.
According to the report,
The suicide bomber blew up his vehicle outside a two storey- building in the compound and totally destroyed it, the source said.
An anonymous local police source told Xinhua that they found a booby-trapped car about 400 meters away from the government compound, but the police expert managed to blew it up without casualties.
Diyala province has had a strong al-Qaeda presence in the past several years, and has been racked by attacks consistently. Three suicide bombings shook the province in January alone. No group has immediately claimed responsibility, but in all likelihood, it was conducted by al-Qaeda.
More on both the Kunduz and Kanan bombings as information becomes available.
