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| At least 15 dead in Kirkuk bombings |
| 2011-05-19 |
| At least two bombs have exploded in Kirkuk on Thursday, killing at least 15 people. An Interior Ministry source set the toll at 15 dead and 40 injured, while a police source stated the blasts killed 20 people and injured 15. Jamal Tahir, the police chief of Kirkuk province said, "Two explosions occurred, one of them a car bomb near a bus station in central Kirkuk. There are many casualties but as yet we don't know the exact number." A smaller explosion was followed by a car bomb explosion when police and rescue workers responded at the scene near Kirkuk's police headquarters. |
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