ஈராக்கில் ஷியா மசூதி 2 சுன்னி முஸ்லீம் தற்கொலைப்படை தீவிரவாதிகளால் தாக்கப்பட்டதில் 13 பேர் கொல்லப்பட்டார்கள். 16 பெர் படுகாயமடைந்தனர்.
Iraqi police: 2 suicide bombers strike Shiite mosque and nearby police station in northern Iraq
The Associated PressPublished: June 8, 2007
BAGHDAD: Two suicide bombers struck a Shiite mosque and a nearby police station near the oil-rich city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq, and more than 25 people were killed or wounded, police said.
The simultaneous explosions occurred about 2 p.m. in the predominantly Shiite town of Dakok, about 45 kilometers (28 miles) south of Kirkuk, police Brig. Gen. Burhan Taieb Taha said.
He gave the casualty toll as more than 25 people but said he could not immediately provide a breakdown of how many were killed and how many were wounded amid the chaos.
The two men detonated their explosives vests near a Shiite mosque as Friday prayers were being held, as well as a nearby police station, Taha said.
Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, is the center of Iraq's northern oil fields.
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Ethnic tensions have risen in the area as Kurds seek to incorporate the city into their self-governing region in northern Iraq. They won a major concession in March when they pressured the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki into approving plans to move thousands of Arabs out of Kirkuk and resettle them elsewhere.
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