BAQUBA, Iraq, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Up to 12 people were killed and 25 others wounded on Monday in a suicide car bomb attack in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala, a provincial security official told Xinhua.
The attack took place in the morning when a suicide bomber drove his explosive-laden vehicle into a crowded checkpoint at the eastern entrance of the town of Khalis, west of the provincial capital city of Baquba and some 65 km northeast of Baghdad, the official said on condition of anonymity.
"The latest report said 12 people, including three women and two children, were killed and 25 others wounded by the suicide car bomb attack in Diyala," the official said.
The blast set on fire 13 civilian vehicles nearby and damaged many others, and destroyed part of the checkpoint's building.
Earlier in the day, the official, citing police reports, put the toll at 10 killed and 12 wounded in the Khalis blast.
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