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Dozens killed in Iraqi bombings | Dozens killed in Iraqi bombings |
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At least 33 people have been killed in a double suicide bomb attack in northern Iraq, police and medics say. | |
They say about 60 people were injured when two bombers detonated their explosive vests in the town of Tal Afar, near Mosul. | |
The attack are the deadliest since the withdrawal last week of US combat troops from Iraqi towns and cities. | |
In Baghdad, at least six people were killed and nearly 20 injured in two bomb explosions in Sadr City. | |
The first blast rocked Tal Afar after a suicide bomber detonated his explosives vest, police were quoted by Reuters as saying. | The first blast rocked Tal Afar after a suicide bomber detonated his explosives vest, police were quoted by Reuters as saying. |
The second attack followed as people gathered at the scene of the first explosion. | The second attack followed as people gathered at the scene of the first explosion. |
The bombs went off near a court house which was reportedly used to interrogate terror suspects. | |
There are fears that the death toll will rise further, police say. | There are fears that the death toll will rise further, police say. |
In Baghdad's Sadr City, a Shia area of the Iraqi capital, two bomb blasts in a market killed at least six people. | |
The bombs were reportedly placed in rubbish piles in the area. | The bombs were reportedly placed in rubbish piles in the area. |
US combat troops pulled out from Iraqi towns and cities last week. | |
US President Barack Obama has described the handover to Iraqis as a milestone, warning that the country's leaders would face "hard choices" on security and politics. | |
The withdrawal came ahead of the full departure of US forces by 2012. | |
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