Market car-bomb kills 30 Iraqis

A car bomb exploded in a crowded market in a town in north-west Iraq today, killing 30 Iraqis and wounding 35.

The blast occurred at about 11am local time in Tal Afar, 260 miles north-west of Baghdad, when the bomb was detonated by remote control as many people shopped in the market, said Brigadier Najim Abdullah, the town’s police chief.

He said no Iraqi security forces or US soldiers were in the area at the time.

Tal Afar is 93 miles east of the Syrian border.