BAGHDAD, August 29, SPA -- Two truck bombs struck separate communities north of Iraq's capital on Saturday, killing at least 16 people, The Associated Press reported. Saturday's deadliest attack came at about 8 a.m. when asuicide truck bomber attacked a small police station in theremote village of Hamad north of Baghdad, killing at least12 people, including six police, said officials from theIraqi army and police. Police at a checkpoint attempted to stop the truck,forcing the attacker to change direction and slam into aconcrete barrier close to a market, damaging a number ofnearby homes and shops, they said. Fifteen people were alsowounded in the attack, said the police official. The second attack occurred near Mosul in the city ofSinjar, where a parked truck bomb that exploded at about10:15 a.m. killed at least four people and wounded 23others, another police official said.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/696189
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