Blast kills Iraqi soldier

Blast kills Iraqi soldier in Diyala

A bomb has exploded in the volatile province of Diyala, killing an Iraqi soldier and wounding two others, a provincial police source says

The blast hit an Iraqi Army foot patrol near a village, some 30 km east of the provincial capital city of Baquba, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

In separate incident, unknown gunmen stormed a sewage facility in southern Baquba and kidnapped three workers, the source said.

He said that the attackers on the facility believed to be al- Qaeda militants and that the incident is under investigation.

Explosions, rampant throughout war-battered Iraq, are almost a daily part of life in some parts of the country.

Diyala, in central Iraq, is considered one of the most dangerous areas of the country, where al-Qaeda and various insurgent groups still manage to launch attacks against Iraqi troops.

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