Officials: Attack kills 35 people north of Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq Two police officers say insurgents first detonated a parked car bomb near the local council building in the town of Taji around noon on Tuesday. That blast was followed by a roadside bomb that went off as people gathered to help the victims from the first explosion.

The officers say at least 47 people were wounded in the blasts.

A doctor at a local hospital confirmed the causality figures. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to talk to the media.