The incident occurred in Tal Afar , a town located approximately sixty kilometres west of Mosul . According to a local security official, a car bomb was detonated at around 18.00 local time ( 15.00 UTC ), near some spectators; as the crowd fled, two suicide bombers blew up vests with explosives. Many of the wounded had to be transported 95 kilometres away, to Dahuk , because local hospitals were filled to capacity.
The incident occurred in , a town located approximately sixty west of . According to a local security official, a car bomb was detonated at around 18.00 local time ( 1500 ), near some spectators; as the crowd fled, two suicide bombers blew up vests with explosives. Many of the wounded had to be transported 95 kilometres away, to , because local hospitals were filled to capacity.
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Tal Afar
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kilometres west of Mosul
west of
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15.00 UTC
1500
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Dahuk