[Al Arabiya Latest] Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in northern Iraq on Thursday, killing at least 34 people in the deadliest attack since U.S. forces pulled out of towns and cities nationwide just over a week ago.The bombers targeted two brothers working for Iraqi security forces in Tal Afar in an attack against a building used as a court annex to interrogate suspects in "terrorist attacks," police colonel Khaled Omar told AFP.
They blew themselves up minutes apart around 7.30am (0430 GMT), with the second explosion engulfing civilians who had gathered to help victims of the first blast, a security official said.
Dr Fathi Yassin at Tal Afar hospital said 34 people were killed and 61 wounded in the attack, which came a day after two car bombs exploded in the main northern city of Mosul, killing 12 people and wounding dozens more.
Neither of the two brothers targeted by the Tal Afar bombers were killed, the security official said, but police and hospital sources said the casualties included women and children.