Two killed in Fallujah car bombing, Iraq

Published December 19th, 2016 - 06:00 GMT
Iraq soldiers reach the boundary of Fallujah, on May 28, 2016, as they take part in a major assault to retake the city from Daesh. (AFP/File)
Iraq soldiers reach the boundary of Fallujah, on May 28, 2016, as they take part in a major assault to retake the city from Daesh. (AFP/File)

A car bombing killed two people in Iraq’s western city of Fallujah on Sunday, according to a local police officer.

Five people were also injured when a car parked outside a gas station in Halabsa, 2 kilometers west of Fallujah, exploded, captain Ahmed al-Duleimi told Anadolu Agency.

He expected the death toll to rise as some of the injured are in a serious condition.

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.

Fallujah was hit by a spate of attacks claimed by Daesh in recent weeks.

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 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.

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