A suicide attacker rammed a truck packed with explosives into an army barracks in Iraq’s restive Diyala province Monday, killing at least 11 troops and wounding 14

A suicide attacker rammed a truck packed with explosives into an army barracks in Iraq's restive Diyala province Monday, killing at least 11 troops and wounding 14, a security official said.
  
The attack took place at an army base at Kanaan, some 70 kilometers northeast of Baghdad, the official said, adding that the building was totally destroyed and that it was feared more victims could be buried under the rubble.
  
The bomber drove the truck straight through the checkpoint at the entrance to the base and rammed the main building housing the sleeping quarters of the troops.

Authorities also defused a car bomb and two improvised explosives near the blast site, which the official said were intended to go off after the arrival of rescue workers and police, and in order to drive up the toll.

In other incidents Monday, at least eight people were injured when three improvised bombs exploded in Baghdad, an interior minister official said. One bomb aimed at a police patrol in the eastern district of al-Amin wounded three policemen and two civilians.