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| A truck packed with explosives has been detonated in a Kurdish village in northern Iraq killing at least 17 people, Iraqi police say. | A truck packed with explosives has been detonated in a Kurdish village in northern Iraq killing at least 17 people, Iraqi police say. |
| About another dozen people, including women and children have been injured, and a number of houses destroyed. | About another dozen people, including women and children have been injured, and a number of houses destroyed. |
| A second truck bomber was shot dead at the edge of the village by the local Kurdish Peshmerga militia before he could set off an explosion. | A second truck bomber was shot dead at the edge of the village by the local Kurdish Peshmerga militia before he could set off an explosion. |
| A similar attack in another village in the region last month left 28 dead. | A similar attack in another village in the region last month left 28 dead. |
| The latest blast went off around midnight (2100GMT Wednesday) in the village of Wardak, 30 km (20 miles) east of Mosul and 390km (240 miles) north of the capital, Baghdad. |