A car bomb has killed at least four and wounded 50 in Mosul, police said. The northern Iraqi city is among the last strongholds of insurgents, who have tested Iraqi security forces with more bombings since the recent US pullout from Iraqi cities.
Two car bombs exploded within minutes of each other in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, killing 12 people and wounding 33, police said. The first went off in a residential area. The second exploded 10 minutes later near a mosque.
Following an exodus of thousands of Christians fleeing a wave of killings, police have been deployed in the Iraqi city of Mosul, according to a government official. At least 11 people were killed in the worst violence against Christians since 2003.
