BAGHDAD -- A car bomb exploded near shops and cafes in the northwestern city of Tal Afar late Saturday morning, killing at least six people and wounding at least 50 others, at least 19 of them critically.
Witnesses said the bomb exploded in a marketplace in the Wihda district as people ran to the scene of a car accident in the middle of the street.
"One of the two cars' owners was my cousin," said Sadiq Hidayet, 38, who was wounded in the bombing and taken to a hospital. "I went to him, and then a white car came, and the blast happened." His cousin was killed in the bombing, he said.
In a statement, U.S. military officials said that five were killed and 53 were wounded.
Tal Afar, the capital of Nineveh province, is split among Turkmens, Sunni and Shiites and was once a place of almost relentless violence. U.S. military officials in Tal Afar say, however, that bombings and other mayhem have markedly declined in recent months. In July, a car bombing in a street market in Tal Afar killed at least 20, including nine children....
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