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Twin bombing kills, wounds dozens in Iraq

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-05-19 15:58

KIRKUK, Iraq - A bomb and a car bomb exploded coordinately in Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk on Thursday, killing and wounding dozens of Iraqis, a local police source told Xinhua.

The attack took place in the morning rush hours when a sticky bomb attached to a car detonated at a parking lot at a crowded area in central the city of Kirkuk, some 250 km north of Baghdad, the source said on condition of anonymity.

Afterwards, a booby-trapped car parked at the scene went off as Iraqi security forces and dozens of onlookers gathered at the site of the first blast, the source said.

There is no immediate report about casualties, the source added.

The oil-rich Kirkuk province and its capital Kirkuk City are part of disputed areas between the Kurds and both Arabs and Turkomans. The area has long been the hotbed of insurgency since the US-led invasion in 2003.