Iraq double bombing kills at least 27

Car bomb and second device injure at least 50 others at civic building packed with staff in Taji near Baghdad Two explosions at a civic building in the Iraqi town of Taji has killed at least 27 people and wounded a further 50 others, officials said. A car bomb and another explosive detonated in a crowded car park of the building in Taji, about 12 miles north of Baghdad, security sources told Reuters. “It was a double explosion. The first was caused by a car bomb. We have no idea what the second was, whether a suicide bomber or a roadside bomb,” said Raad al-Tamimi, the head of the Taji municipality. “The place was crowded with people who were going to process official papers and with police and employees,” he said. The deputy health minister, Khamis al-Saad, said the blasts killed 27 people and wounded 50. An interior ministry source put the initial toll at 35 dead and 28 wounded. The bombings followed a series of attacks that targeted Iraqi security forces over the last two days, killing at least 10 police and soldiers and wounding 22 others. Iraq Middle East Global terrorism guardian.co.uk

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