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| Iraq bomber hits police compound | Iraq bomber hits police compound |
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| A suicide bomber at the wheel of a fuel truck has driven into a police compound in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, killing at least 12 people. | A suicide bomber at the wheel of a fuel truck has driven into a police compound in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, killing at least 12 people. |
| Police said civilians bore the brunt of the attack at the Tamam police station. Twenty people were wounded. | Police said civilians bore the brunt of the attack at the Tamam police station. Twenty people were wounded. |
| The authorities imposed a curfew after the early morning blast, which was heard throughout the city. | The authorities imposed a curfew after the early morning blast, which was heard throughout the city. |
| Mosul is an ethnically and religiously mixed city 390km (240 miles) north of the capital, Baghdad. | Mosul is an ethnically and religiously mixed city 390km (240 miles) north of the capital, Baghdad. |
| Police in Mosul said officers opened fire on the bomber as he drove the explosives-laden fuel truck towards their compound. | Police in Mosul said officers opened fire on the bomber as he drove the explosives-laden fuel truck towards their compound. |
| He was shot dead, but the fuel ignited and set off the explosives, police said. | He was shot dead, but the fuel ignited and set off the explosives, police said. |
| Many of the casualties were motorists waiting to buy fuel at a nearby petrol station, police said. About 30 vehicles were damaged. | Many of the casualties were motorists waiting to buy fuel at a nearby petrol station, police said. About 30 vehicles were damaged. |
| 'Surge in violence' | |
| Correspondents say Mosul has witnessed a recent escalation of violence, with Sunni Arab insurgents battling US troops and the Shia-led led government in Baghdad. | Correspondents say Mosul has witnessed a recent escalation of violence, with Sunni Arab insurgents battling US troops and the Shia-led led government in Baghdad. |
| Meanwhile, police in Baghdad said at least two officers and two passers-by were killed in the south of the city after a double roadside bomb attack on a police patrol. | |
| The first blast killed two civilians and wounded 11. A second bomb exploded five minutes later targeting police and rescuers who had arrived at the scene, AP news agency reported, citing police spokesman Maytham Abdul-Razzaq. | |
| Two officers were reportedly killed and two others were wounded in the second blast. |