Baghdad, July 01, SPA -- A fresh outbreak of violence left at least sevenpeople dead and 27 injured, including three children, in separateattacks in Iraq's restive province of Diyala, police said Tuesday. In Baquba, the capital of Diyala, twin attacks targeting membersof tribal police, known as the Awakening Councils, left three of themdead and eight people injured. In the first incident, gunmen attacked a centre of the AwakeningCouncil in al-Abara village, south of Baquba, killing a councilmember and injuring another, security sources told the Voices of Iraq(VOI) news agency. In the second attack, an explosive device was detonated, killingtwo more members of the Awakening Council who were mourning theCouncil member who died earlier, DPA quoted VOI as reporting. Seven people were injured in the blast, including three children,a policeman and three tribal volunteers, according to the samesecurity sources. Also in Baquba, 60 kilometres north of Baghdad, a policeman waskilled and 18 people were injured when a car bomb went off, targetinga security checkpoint north-east of the city, VOI reported quotinglocal police sources. Separately, three members of the same family died and another waswounded in southern Baquba in a bomb blast near their house.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/570146