A woman and a child were killed and 16 people wounded early Wednesday when a rocket hit a residential building and a nearby mosque in Baquba, some 65 km northeast of Baghdad.

The rocket hit the residential building overnight, killing a woman and a one-year-old child and wounding 16 others, including three women, said a statement issued by the U.S. and Iraqi Joint Coordination Center in Diyala province.

The attack badly damaged part of the building and the nearby mosque, it added.

In a separate incident, gunmen shot dead a policeman in the northern part of the city, the statement said.

Baquba is the capital of Diyala province located in the so- called Sunni Triangle, an insurgent stronghold.

Source: Xinhua