A suicide car bomb exploded in a crowded market of a town in northwest Iraq on Tuesday, killing 30 Iraqis and wounding 45, police said. The blast occurred at about 11 a.m. in Tal Afar, 420 kilometers (260 miles) northwest of Baghdad, as many people were shopping in the town's main open marketplace, said Brig. Najim Abdullah, Tal Afar's police chief. He said the 30 people killed and 45 wounded all appeared to be civilians since no Iraqi security forces or U.S. soldiers were in the area at the time, according to a report of The Associated Press.
