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Lorry bombers target Iraqi Kurds Lorry bombers target Iraqi Kurds
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A lorry packed with explosives was detonated in a Kurdish village in northern Iraq killing at least 18 people, Iraqi police say. A lorry packed with explosives was detonated in a Kurdish village in northern Iraq killing at least 19 people, Iraqi police say.
Around 20 other people, including women and children were injured in the blast in the village of Wardek, 30 km (20 miles) east of Mosul. Around 30 other people, including women and children were injured in the blast in the village of Wardek, 30 km (20 miles) east of Mosul.
A number of homes were destroyed and police fear the death toll will rise as a search of the rubble is carried out.A number of homes were destroyed and police fear the death toll will rise as a search of the rubble is carried out.
A second lorry bomb in the village failed to detonate.
The driver was killed after local Kurdish Peshmerga militia opened fire on the lorry on the edge of Wardek, police said.
The blast went off around midnight (2100 GMT Wednesday).
It is the latest in a series of attacks on ethnically-mixed villages in northern Iraq.
A similar bombing in another village last month left 28 dead.
Mosul and the surrounding area remains a stronghold of insurgents.Mosul and the surrounding area remains a stronghold of insurgents.
The militants are believed to be trying to exploit a power struggle between Kurds and Arabs in the area. The militants are believed to be trying to exploit a power struggle between Kurds and Arabs.
Several remote villages have been targeted - a similar attack in another village in the region last month left 28 dead. American, Iraqi and Kurdish officials are currently discussing plans to reinforce security in the region.
The blast in Wardek went off around midnight (2100 GMT Wednesday).
A second lorry bomber was shot dead at the edge of the village by the local Kurdish Peshmerga militia before he could set off an explosion.
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