It was a bloody day in Iraq, Thursday, recalling some of the worst bombings of recent years, with dozens of casualties in in explosions in Baghdad and the northwestern town of Tal Afar.

Witnesses say 2 suicide bombers blew themselves up, minutes apart, in the northwestern town of Tal Afar, near the Syrian border. The second 2nd explosion appeared to target at civilians who had gathered to help victims of the first bombing.

Tal Afar is a town home to a large population of ethnic Turkmens, whose relations with Iraq's sunni Arabsand , in both neighboring Kirkuk and Mosul, have been strained in recent years.

Police say a man working for Iraqi security forces, responsible for interrogating suspects of terrorist attacks, was the target.

A heavy-set man, spattered with blood, explained that he had just " married off his son, " when the events abruptly took a turn for the worse.

He says that he and others were in a the wedding party, when a suicide bomber blew himself up among the guestguests.

Meanwhile, there was another a bombing in a vegetable market in Baghdad's mainly Shi'ite district of Sadr City, with dozens of casualties.

Yet another explosion, this time a roadside bombing, went off in Baghdad's Karrada district, apparently aiming aimed at the convoy of the Iraq Iraq's central bank governor. The governor wasn't hurt was unhurt by the blast.

a bloody day 血腥之日
boming, explosion, blast 爆炸
roadside bombing 
terrorist attacks 恐怖袭击
blow oneself up 炸飞自己
go off 引爆
target 目标
relation being strained 关系紧张
interrogate suspects 讯问嫌疑人
spattered with blood 满身是血
marry off one's son 娶媳妇
abruptly, suddenly 突然
events take a turn for the worse 事态恶化
suicide bomber 自杀性爆炸者
witness 证人，目击者
civilian 市民，百姓
victim 受害者
ethnic Turkmens 土库曼民族
heavy-set man 体格魁梧
convoy 护送队，护航
governor 董事
casualties 伤亡
neighboring 接壤
among guests 混在客人中

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