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At least 27 people have been killed by a suicide truck bomb in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar, police say. Fresh violence in Iraq has left at least 37 people dead with 28 of them killed by a suicide truck bomb in the northern town of Tal Afar, police say.
The blast hit a mainly Shia district of the mixed town and injured about people, while further casualties are feared to be trapped under rubble. The blast hit a mainly Shia district of the mixed town and injured about 40, with some feared 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 was imposed across Tal Afar, which 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. In Baghdad, a roadside bomb hit commuters, killing nine and injuring eight, police and hospital sources say.
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. The Tal Afar bomber was driving a dump truck filled with explosives covered by a thin layer of gravel, police and local officials said.
The town has seen mounting bomb attacks and shootings this year.
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.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.Some 70 Sunni men were shot dead shortly afterwards in apparent reprisals by Shia gunmen.