16 die in Kirkuk blast
22/11/2005 21:49  - (SA)  

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Kirkuk - Sixteen people, including women and children, were killed in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Tuesday when a suicide bomber ambushed police in a busy market area.

Police rushed to the scene after a small explosion was reported in the market area, only to be ambushed by the suicide bomber.

He rammed a police car with his vehicle, setting off a large explosion.

"The market is normally very busy at this hour because people do their shopping there before heading home," said Nassim Khodr, a local shopkeeper.

"I just saw flames bursting into the sky and people burning."

Twenty eight people were also wounded.

- AFP

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