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Iraq bomber hits police compound Many killed in Iraq bomb blasts
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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. At least 24 people have been killed in a series of bomb blasts across Iraq.
Police said civilians bore the brunt of the attack at the Tamam police station. Twenty people were wounded. About 20 people died in two separate suicide bombings in the north of the country, while four people were reported killed in blasts in Baghdad.
The authorities imposed a curfew after the early morning blast, which was heard throughout the city. In the bloodiest attack, 12 people died when a truck bomb exploded at a police station in Mosul. Authorities there imposed a curfew after the blast.
Mosul is an ethnically and religiously mixed city 390km (240 miles) north of the capital, Baghdad. Meanwhile at least eight people died when a suicide car bomber targeted a marketplace in Kirkuk.
Police in Mosul said officers opened fire on the bomber as he drove the explosives-laden fuel truck towards their compound. Rising violence
Police said civilians bore the brunt of the attack at the Tamam police station in Mosul.
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.
'Surge in violence' Shortly after the blast, insurgents fired mortars and small arms and triggered explosions in the city, prompting the authorities to impose a curfew until calm was restored six hours later.
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 government in Baghdad.
Soldiers hit
In Kirkuk, about eight people were killed and 70 wounded when a car bomber targeted a bank in a market area of the oil-rich city.
The attack happened as soldiers gathered at the bank to collect their salaries.
Part of the building, two army vehicles and several other properties were set on fire by the blast.
Earlier this month, the city Kirkuk was placed under a total curfew as Iraqi troops backed by US-led coalition forces searched for insurgents.
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.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. 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, the Associated Press news agency quoted police spokesman Maytham Abdul-Razzaq as saying.
Two officers were reportedly killed and two others were wounded in the second blast.Two officers were reportedly killed and two others were wounded in the second blast.