Car bomb kills 30 Iraqis in a town's marketplace

  • 12/15/2022
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Baghdad, Oct 11, SPA -- A suicide car bomb exploded in acrowded market of a town in northwest Iraq on Tuesday,killing 30 Iraqis and wounding 45, police said. The blast occurred at about 11 a.m. in Tal Afar, 420kilometers (260 miles) northwest of Baghdad, as many peoplewere shopping in the town's main open marketplace, saidBrig. Najim Abdullah, Tal Afar's police chief. He said the 30 people killed and 45 wounded all appearedto be civilians since no Iraqi security forces or U.S.soldiers were in the area at the time, according to a report of The Associated Press.--SPA1250 Local Time 0950 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/295563

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