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Deadly bombings strike Iraqi city | Deadly bombings strike Iraqi city |
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Two suspected suicide car bombs have exploded in the Iraqi city of Falluja killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens more, police have said. | Two suspected suicide car bombs have exploded in the Iraqi city of Falluja killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens more, police have said. |
The attacks targeted two police positions, both of which were badly damaged in the blasts, officials said. | The attacks targeted two police positions, both of which were badly damaged in the blasts, officials said. |
Falluja is in the western province of Anbar, which was the centre of a Sunni-led rebellion against US forces after the 2003 invasion. | Falluja is in the western province of Anbar, which was the centre of a Sunni-led rebellion against US forces after the 2003 invasion. |
The police posts targeted were in different districts of the city. | The police posts targeted were in different districts of the city. |
Security forces have imposed a curfew in both areas, reports say. | Security forces have imposed a curfew in both areas, reports say. |
"The two suicide car bombers burst into the two police centres in the western neighbourhood of Golan and the eastern area of Shurta, almost at the same time," a security official told the AFP news agency. | |
Another report said that one of the two police positions had been levelled by the explosions, which the US military said took place shortly before noon (0900 GMT). | |
Correspondents described seeing bodies strewn across the ground. | |
On 9 November, a female suicide bomber detonated her explosives in front of a hospital near Falluja, killing a woman, a doctor and his wife. |