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(GNA) — Twelve people were killed Tuesday in attacks across Iraq, security officials said.

Five soldiers were killed when the vehicle they were travelling in was hit by a bomb blast near the northern city of Mosul.

Four members of one family were killed when gunmen attacked their home in a village near Baquba, 57 kilometres north-east of Baghdad.

Two al-Qaeda militants were also killed near Baquba when a roadside bomb they were planting exploded prematurely, security forces said.