25 killed, 100 hurt in blasts at Iraq football match

Baghdad: A car bomb and a suicide blast ripped through a football match in north Iraq on Friday, killing 25 people and leaving around 100 wounded, an interior ministry official said.

The attacks struck at around 6:00 pm as two local teams were playing in an unprotected ground in the predominantly Shiite Turkmen town of Tal Afar, 380 km north of Baghdad, a local police officer said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Initial reports from Tal Afar said 10 people were killed when a suicide car bomb ripped through the football ground.