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| Iraq: Casualties in northern bomb attack |
| 2008-08-29 |
| (AKI) - Eight civilians were killed or wounded in an explosive charge attack that targeted a popular market in Kirkuk, a police source said on Thursday. "An improvised explosive device (IED) went off in a popular market in Domeez area, southern Kirkuk, killing a civilian and wounding seven others," a source told the news agency, Voices of Iraq. "The attack caused damage to several nearby shops," the source noted. On Saturday violence erupted in Kirkuk when a suicide bombing killed at least five people and wounded at least seven, including Abdul Kareem Ahmed al-Obaydi, a prominent member of the US-backed Sunni Awakening Council. |
| Posted by:Fred |