Eight Iraqis killed in Fallujah suicide bombings

Published December 12th, 2016 - 02:00 GMT
Iraqis walk past the wreckage of a vehicle in the aftermath of a bomb explosion in Baghdad's Al-Karkh district on December 4, 2016. (AFP/Sabah Arar)
Iraqis walk past the wreckage of a vehicle in the aftermath of a bomb explosion in Baghdad's Al-Karkh district on December 4, 2016. (AFP/Sabah Arar)

Eight people were killed in two suicide bombings in Iraq’s western city of Fallujah, according to Iraqi officials. 

A bomber blew up his vehicle at a military checkpoint in the west of the city, colonel Walid al-Duleimi of the Anbar Operations Command told Anadolu Agency on Sunday. 

He said another car-bomb struck a police checkpoint in central Fallujah. “Two people, including a soldier, were killed and 11 others injured in the attacks,” he added. 

The death toll later rose to eight. 

Iraqi forces have imposed a curfew across the city following the bombings. 

“The curfew will remain in place until a further notice,” al-Duleimi said. 

Last month, two suicide attacks hit the Sunni-majority city, killing nine people and injuring dozens. 

Iraq has suffered a devastating security vacuum since mid-2014, when Daesh terrorist organization captured the northern city of Mosul -- now the target of a wide-ranging army offensive -- and overran vast swathes of territory in the country’s north and west. 

Since then, some 58,000 people countrywide have been killed in sporadic acts of violence, according to UN figures. 

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