IRAQ: Truck bomb in Iraq's Kirkuk kills 12 and wounds 137

Record ID: 357228

  • Title: IRAQ: Truck bomb in Iraq's Kirkuk kills 12 and wounds 137
  • Date: 2nd April 2007
  • Summary: COLLAPSED STRUCTURE / PEOPLE STANDING NEARBY
  • Embargoed: 17th April 2007 13:00
  • Keywords:
  • Location: Iraq
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
  • Reuters ID: LVA5OAVZUBYN16HSMRUKMN1R0C3B
  • Story Text: A suicide truck bomb killed 12 people and wounded 137 others in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk in the latest attack by insurgents using explosives-laden trucks.

    A suicide bomber driving a truck packed with explosives blew himself up in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Monday (April 2), killing up to 12 people and wounding 137, police said.
    The attacker rammed his vehicle into the main gate of the police criminal investigation department and detonated the bomb, triggering a blast that echoed across the city.
    Twelve people were killed, seven houses destroyed and 35 cars set ablaze according to police reports.
    A number of children were amongst those wounded at the scene of the blast.
    Insurgents have increasingly used truck bombs in attacks in recent months.
    A truck bomb in the northern town of Tal Afar last Tuesday (March 27) killed 152 people, making it the deadliest single insurgent attack of the four-year-old war.
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
  • Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2011. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
  • Usage Terms/Restrictions: None
Register