Iraqi Officials: Bombing In Contested Town Kills 32 People

By MURTADA FARAJ, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle: World
Tue, 11/21/2017 - 8:59am

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say a suicide bomber detonated a pickup truck loaded with explosives, killing 32 people at a marketplace in a contested town claimed by Baghdad and the Kurdish region. Iraqi police and hospital officials say the powerful explosion Tuesday evening in Tuz Khormato wounded at least 75 people. At least six members of Iraq's security forces were among those killed.

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