Mosul, March 27, (VOI) - At least 50 people were killed and 120 others were wounded on Tuesday in three bombing attacks in the northern city of Talafar, the city's mayor said.

Following the blasts, unidentified gunmen blocked the way of vehicles carrying medical assistance from Mosul to Talafar, to aid victims, an official in Ninawa province said on Tuesday.

"A group of unidentified armed men blocked the way that links Mosul with Talafar to prevent ambulances and other vehicles from entering the city," the Head of Security and Defense Committee in Ninawa provincial council Hesham al-Hamadani told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI) over the phone.

Talafar mayor Brigadier Najem Abdullah al-Juburi told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI), "Three car bombs went off today afternoon in the Talafar district killing 50 people and wounding 120 others,"

Al-Juburi also said that "the blasts damaged more than 50 houses and set on fire a large number of vehicles."