An "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (ISIL) suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle near a crowded checkpoint north of Baghdad on Monday (July 25th), killing 12 people, AFP reported.
The blast at the entrance to the town of Khales also wounded 37, according to Diyala province police spokesman Colonel Ghalib al-Attiyah and health department spokesman Faris al-Azzawi.
Attiyah said the checkpoint was crowded with cars, and that a number of them were burned in the blast.
ISIL issued a statement claiming the attack, saying it was carried out by an Iraqi national.
The blast came a day after a suicide bombing claimed by ISIL killed at least 15 people in Baghdad's Kadhimiyah neighbourhood.
Earlier this month, ISIL carried out a suicide bombing in a crowded shopping area in Baghdad's Karrada district that killed 292 people -- one of the deadliest such attacks to ever hit Iraq.
