Iraq checkpoint attacks kill 15

BAGHDAD — A triple suicide bombing at a security checkpoint north of Baghdad on Saturday killed at least 11 members of security forces, a police officer said.

The spokesman for Salahuddin province’s police force, Col. Mohammed al-Jabouri, said three militants rammed their explosives-laden vehicles early Saturday morning into the main checkpoint near the town of al-Salam at the province’s northern entrance. Al-Jabouri added that in addition to the 11 killed, 34 security officers were wounded.

He said the attack occurred as the local police chief and head of the provincial security committee were visiting the site. Both escaped unharmed.

At nearly the same time, another group of militants on foot attacked a checkpoint at the eastern edge of the province, killing four policemen and wounding two others, he added. One militant was killed in that attack, he said.