The bombs
targeted a truck carrying people from Hawija, about 120 km (75
miles) south of Islamic State's stronghold in Mosul, as they
were being taken to the town of Al Alam, next to the Tigris
river.
Seventeen of the dead were from the displaced families, regional
police Colonel Nemaa al-Jabouri told Reuters. One policeman in
an accompanying patrol car was also killed.
Pictures published on social media by a group linked to Iraq's
defense ministry showed several blackened corpses next to the
twisted metal remains of the truck.
(Reporting by Ghazwan Hassan; Editing by Ahmed Rasheed and
Dominic Evans)
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