Iraqi police: Bombings kill 13 people

25 wounded in a suicide car bombing in the northern city of Tal Afar.

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Iraqi police say at least five people have been killed andIraqi police say at least five people have been killed and 25 wounded in a suicide car bombing in the northern city of Tal Afar. It's the deadliest in a string of bombings Tuesday that have killed a total of 13 people. A police officer who gave the casualty toll in Tal Afar said the blast occurred in a commercial district near a checkpoint. In another attack, police say a bomb hidden in a wooden cart exploded in the northern city of Mosul, killing four civilians and wounding 12. Police elsewhere say four Iraqi soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb that struck their convoy south of Baghdad. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to release the information. It's the deadliest in a string of bombings Tuesday that have killed a total of 13 people. A police officer who gave the casualty toll in Tal Afar said the blast occurred in a commercial district near a checkpoint. In another attack, police say a bomb hidden in a wooden cart exploded in the northern city of Mosul, killing four civilians and wounding 12. Police elsewhere say four Iraqi soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb that struck their convoy south of Baghdad. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to release the information.