A blast and gunfire killed at least 11 civilians in eastern Iraq, two security officials said on Friday, an attack which the provincial governor blamed on jihadists. The violence, in Diyala province, occurred on Thursday evening and targeted a minibus returning the civilians from an electoral meeting organised by a candidate from their tribe, an interior ministry official, who asked for anonymity, told AFP. Muthana al-Tamimi, the governor of Diyala which is just outside Baghdad, denounced "a cowardly operation" by Islamic State (IS) group jihadists. On his Facebook page he called on the security forces to "intensify vigilance against dormant cells" of the extremists.
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