By Xinhua
Baghdad : A suicide bomber blew himself up in a gathering in the restive province of Diyala in northeast Iraq Thursday, killing at least 11 people and wounding five, a police source said.
A bomber wearing an explosive belt blew himself up among a group of people near a US patrol in Kan’an town, 20 km south of the provincial capital Baquba, police sources said on condition of anonymity.
A source in the main hospital of Baquba said 11 bodies were brought in and one of the five wounded was in critical condition.
Diyala province has long been the hot bed of insurgency and sectarian violence since the US-led invasion in 2003.