Car bombs kill 23 in former IS-held town near Mosul: Iraq army

A triple car bombing killed at least 23 people today in a town recently retaken from the Islamic State group, near the jihadists' final stronghold of Mosul, Iraq's army said.

"A terrorist attack in the form of three car bombs at a market in Gogjali killed 15 civilians and eight police," a coordination centre for forces battling IS said in a statement.