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Car bomb leaves 10 casualties in Kirkuk

May 11, 2009 - 06:05:59

KIRKUK / Aswat al-Iraq: A car bomb went off on Monday targeting a police vehicle patrol in southern Kirkuk, killing two civilians and injuring eight, the chief of the Kirkuk police said.

“A car crammed with explosives, parked near al-Adl mosque in al-Asra neighborhood in southern Kirkuk, went off, killing two civilians and injuring eight, including three policemen,” General Tourhan Abdulrahman told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

Colonel Ahmad Shmerani had said earlier that a car rigged with explosives detonated near a police vehicle patrol at 7:00 p.m. on Monday (May 11) in a-Asra neighborhood in southern Kirkuk, leaving unspecified number of casualties.

Kirkuk is located 250 km northeast of Baghdad.

SH (P)/SR

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