The 2007 Kirkuk bombings were a series of 3 suicide and

car bomb A car bomb, bus bomb, lorry bomb, or truck bomb, also known as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED), is an improvised explosive device designed to be detonated in an automobile or other vehicles. Car bombs can be roughly divided ...

attacks that occurred on July 16, 2007, in the northern Iraqi oil city of

Kirkuk Kirkuk ( ar, كركوك, ku, کەرکووک, translit=Kerkûk, , tr, Kerkük) is a city in Iraq, serving as the capital of the Kirkuk Governorate, located north of Baghdad. The city is home to a diverse population of Turkmens, Arabs, Kurds, ...

. The bombing killed 86 people with up to 180 injured. The first bomb, which caused most of the casualties, exploded in a crowded market close to the offices of the

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, a Kurdish political party led by

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Jalal Talabani. The massive explosion left a crater several metres deep. More than 20 cars were destroyed and two buildings collapsed completely. The second attack minutes later targeted a bus station at a nearby market in a commercial area called Iskan and wounded one civilian. Several hours later, a car bomb exploded in southern Kirkuk, killing a police officer and wounding six others. A fourth car bomb was discovered and made safe.

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