Mortar attacks kill 27 in Iraq: police
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It was not clear who fired the mortars at the northern town.
Iraq is facing a multitude of security challenges, including ultra-hardline Sunni Islamic State militants who control a third of the country and have fueled sectarian tensions.
(Reporting by Baghdad bureau; Writing by Michael Georgy; Editing by Toby Chopra)
REUTERS