By DPA
Baghdad : At least five Iraqis were killed and four wounded when a suicide attacker detonated an explosives-laden truck in a village north of Baghdad, police sources said Monday.
The attack targeted a checkpoint controlled by members of the so-called Awakening Council, a government-backed voluntary armed group that fights Al Qaeda, in Tarmiyah, 20 km north of Baghdad.
The condition of some of the wounded is critical. Iraqi ambulances were seen rushing the casualties between the blast site and the village hospital.