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Car bomb kills 21 in town north of Baghdad

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AFP Kirkuk (Iraq)
A car bomb killed at least 21 people and wounded dozens in a flashpoint town north of Baghdad today, a security official told AFP.

Tuz Khurmatu, home to a mixed Kurdish, Arab and Turkmen population, was the scene of deadly violence in mid-October when Iraqi forces retook it from Kurdish control in response to a Kurdish independence referendum.

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First Published: Nov 21 2017 | 7:50 PM IST

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