IRAQ: Truck bomb explodes at a crowded outdoor market in northern town of Tuz Khurmato killing 20 people and wounding 90 others
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IRAQ: Truck bomb explodes at a crowded outdoor market in northern town of Tuz Khurmato killing 20 people and wounding 90 others
- Title: IRAQ: Truck bomb explodes at a crowded outdoor market in northern town of Tuz Khurmato killing 20 people and wounding 90 others
- Date: 7th July 2007
- Summary: (BN09) KIRKUK, IRAQ (JULY 7, 2006) (REUTERS-ACCESS ALL): AMBULANCE OUTSIDE HOSPITAL/ WOUNDED MAN ON STRETCHER BEING INTO HOSPITAL PEOPLE GATHERING NEAR AMBULANCE RELATIVE OF WOUNDED MAN TALKING AT MOBILE PHONE
- Embargoed: 22nd July 2007 13:00
- Keywords:
- Location: Iraq
- Country: Iraq
- Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement,Health
- Reuters ID: LVAADKDB7RJJR0QG7GFYBIGGUDDE
- Story Text: A truck bomb at a crowded outdoor market killed 20 people in the northern town of Tuz Khurmato, 70 km (45 miles) south of Kirkuk.
A car bomb ripped through a crowded outdoor market in the northern town of Tuz Khurmato, killing 20 people and wounding 90, police said.
They said the toll was expected to rise as many people were shopping at the time of the Saturday morning attack.
Police said it was unclear if it was a suicide car bomb attack or a parked car had exploded.
A suicide car bomber also killed 22 people and wounded 17 others when he drove his vehicle into a group of Shi'ite Kurds near Iraq's border with Iran on Friday evening.
Ibrahim al-Bajilam, head of the local council in Garghoush village, said the victims were returning from a funeral. The village is in Diyala province, where U.S. and Iraqi forces last month launched an offensive against Sunni Islamist al Qaeda. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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