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| Blast rocks northern Iraqi town | Blast rocks northern Iraqi town |
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| At least 25 people have been killed by a suicide truck bomb in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar, police say. | At least 25 people have been killed by a suicide truck bomb in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar, police say. |
| The blast hit a mainly Shia district of the mixed town and injured at least 22 people, while further casualties are feared to be trapped under rubble. | The blast hit a mainly Shia district of the mixed town and injured at least 22 people, while further casualties are feared to be trapped under rubble. |
| A curfew has been imposed on the whole of Tal Afar. The town was once held up as a showcase for US-led efforts to pacify Iraq. | A curfew has been imposed on the whole of Tal Afar. The town was once held up as a showcase for US-led efforts to pacify Iraq. |
| But it has seen mounting bomb attacks and shootings this year. | But it has seen mounting bomb attacks and shootings this year. |
| The bomber was driving a dump truck filled with explosives covered by a thin layer of construction materials, said Tal Afar police commander Brig Gen Rahim al-Jibouri. | |
| On 27 March, a truck bomb claimed by al-Qaeda-linked militants killed 152 people and injured 347 in a Shia district of Tal Afar, according to an Iraqi interior ministry casualty count. | |
| Some 70 Sunni men were shot dead shortly afterwards in apparent reprisals by Shia gunmen. |