IRAQ: BOMB EXPLOSION AT A MARKET IN KIRKUK KILLS THREE PEOPLE AND INJURES ALMOST TWO DOZEN.

Record ID: 358861

  • Title: IRAQ: BOMB EXPLOSION AT A MARKET IN KIRKUK KILLS THREE PEOPLE AND INJURES ALMOST TWO DOZEN.
  • Date: 11th May 2004
  • Summary: (W4) KIRKUK, IRAQ (MAY 11, 2004) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS: OF DAMAGE FROM ATTACK IN MARKET. (7 SHOTS) 0.42 2. VARIOUS: OF WOUNDED IN HOSPITAL. (3 SHOTS) 0.58 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 26th May 2004 13:00
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  • Location: KIRKUK, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVA877X9Z0I18GCUN1INGJTBFCHR
  • Story Text: A bomb exploded in a crowded market in a Kurdish
    neighbourhood of Kirkuk, killing three people and wounding
    almost two dozen.



    Iraqi policeman Colonel Ahmed Slamrz said a bomb
    exploded in a crowded market in the northern Iraqi town of
    Kirkuk on Tuesday (May 11) at around 9:30 a.m. (0530 GMT)
    when the market was packed with shoppers.

    Kirkuk, a city claimed by three ethnic groups --
    Kurds, Turkmen and Arabs -- has suffered persistent unrest
    in recent months.

    Shirko Shakir, the commander of Kirkuk's police, said
    five of those hurt in the blast were seriously wounded,
    suggesting the death toll could rise.

    Another police official said the bomb had been made of
    gas canisters and hidden near a road leading through the
    market. The
    blast brought down power cables, setting wooden stalls at
    the market ablaze, witnesses said.

    The city's largely Kurdish police force has been the
    target of frequent attacks, as have the officials and
    offices of Kurdish political parties in the city.



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