Two nearly simultaneous truck bombs ripped through markets in Tal Afar on Tuesday, killing at least 48 people and wounding dozens, police said, as violence surged outside the Iraqi capital. A suicide car bomber exploded his payload near Ramadi, killing 10 people, and another attacker detonated his explosives-laden car near a police patrol in Baqouba, killing two policemen, The Associated Press reported. The attacks in Tal Afar, the second in four days, occurred about five minutes apart starting at 4 p.m. at popular markets in the northern and central parts of the city, 420 kilometers (260 miles) northwest of Baghdad. At least 48 people were killed and 103 wounded, police Brig. Abdul Karim al-Jubouri said.
