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Iraqi coffee shop suicide bombing kills at least 30

In the deadliest attack this month, suicide bombers killed 30 people in an attack on a coffee shop in Iraq’s restive Diyala province, a medical official says.

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The bombing on Friday night in the town of Balad Ruz, north of Baghdad, also wounded 68 people.

"The final toll from Friday's bombing is 30 dead and 68 wounded. All the dead are men, but the wounded include three women and two children," Ahmed Alwan, a doctor at the nearby general hospital, said.

Suicide bombings across Iraq have fallen since 2008 when Diyala province was an Al-Qaeda stronghold. Although the Al-Qaeda fighters have been pushed back, the province remains one of the most restive since the US-led invasion in 2003.

Friday's attack took place in a region with a Kurdish Shiite majority.

A previous death toll had put the number of dead at 25, and the number of wounded at 70.
 

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