Two dead, 11 wounded in car bomb in northern Iraqi city Tal Afar

A general view shows the gate at the entrance of Tal Afar covered in writing from Daesh on August 30, 2017. (File/AFP)

• The blast was caused by a booby-trapped pick-up truck, in the neighborhood of Ras Al-Jadah
• The city, which had about 200,000 residents, came under the militants' control when Daesh overran swathes of Iraq's north in 2014

BAGHDAD: At least two people were killed and 11 wounded on Tuesday by a car bomb in the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar, a former Daesh stronghold, the military said.

Daesh claimed responsibility for the car bomb attack in the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar, the group said on its news agency Amaq on Tuesday.
Tal Afar, about 80 km (50 miles) west of Mosul, experienced cycles of sectarian violence between Sunnis and Shi'ites after the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, and produced some of Daesh's most senior commanders.
The city, which had about 200,000 residents, came under the militants' control when Daesh overran swathes of Iraq's north in 2014.
It fell to Iraqi Security Forces, backed by the US-led coalition, in August 2017, the last area to be retaken in the north before fighting moved to the Syrian border. A heavy security presence has remained since then and the city has been mostly quiet.