Car bomb attack kills 3, injures dozen in northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar

At least three people have been killed and a dozen others sustained injuries when a bomb explosion ripped through a marketplace in Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh.

At least three people have been killed and a dozen others sustained injuries when a bomb explosion ripped through a marketplace in Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh.

A security source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Arabic-language Baghdad Today news website that a car laden with explosives went off at Ras Al-Jadah marketplace in the city of Tal Afar, situated about 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of Mosul, on Tuesday.

The source added that the blast left three people dead and 12 others injured.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet, but it bears the hallmark of such attacks carried out by the Daesh Takfiri terror group against Hashd al-Sha’abi fighters in the area.