Suicide car bomber kills 7 in Iraq's Kirkuk

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Source: Reuters)

Suicide car bomber kills 7 in Iraq's Kirkuk

By Mustafa Mahmoud and Sherko Raouf Sun Oct 28, 10:03 AM ET

KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber killed at least seven people on Sunday in a huge explosion that ripped through shops and set cars ablaze in the northern Iraqi oil centre of Kirkuk, police said.


Some 25 people were also wounded in the blast, said Major- General Torhan Abdul-Rahman, deputy police chief of Kirkuk, a volatile city claimed by both Kurds and Arabs that has witnessed regular bomb attacks and shootings.

Another police official put the death toll at eight.

Clouds of dense, black smoke rose into the sky as firefighters, helped by residents, tried to extinguish the flames. Twisted wrecks of cars lay scattered in the street, in front of the blackened ruins of shops.

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