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Bomb blast kills 10, wounds 25 in Iraqi town

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A car bomb exploded in a street market in the Iraqi town of Khalis on Thursday, killing 10 people and wounding 25, police and hospital officials said.

 

Authorities immediately imposed a curfew in Khalis, about 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad. "According to the witnesses, there was a parked civilian car bomb in the street market and it blew up and led to the deaths of 10 people," said Major Ali al-Temimi of the Khalis police. (Reuters)

 

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