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| Two car bombs in a northern Iraqi city and a suicide bomber 30 miles north of Baghdad on Wednesday led to the deaths of at least nine people, officials said. | Two car bombs in a northern Iraqi city and a suicide bomber 30 miles north of Baghdad on Wednesday led to the deaths of at least nine people, officials said. |
| An explosives-laden car parked in the centre of Kirkuk exploded at about 3pm local time killing three civilians and wounding eight. | An explosives-laden car parked in the centre of Kirkuk exploded at about 3pm local time killing three civilians and wounding eight. |
| An hour later another bomb in a parked car exploded in the same area and killed two children and their parents as they were travelling in a vehicle nearby, according to Kirkuk's deputy police chief, Major General Torhan Abdul-Rahman Youssef. | An hour later another bomb in a parked car exploded in the same area and killed two children and their parents as they were travelling in a vehicle nearby, according to Kirkuk's deputy police chief, Major General Torhan Abdul-Rahman Youssef. |
| The provincial health directorate chief, Sidiq Omar Rasool, confirmed the casualty figures. | The provincial health directorate chief, Sidiq Omar Rasool, confirmed the casualty figures. |
| Civilians joined forces with rescuers and police in searching for survivors in a damaged house after the first explosion. One man, wailing, tried repeatedly to make his way through to the house but was prevented by the crowds. | Civilians joined forces with rescuers and police in searching for survivors in a damaged house after the first explosion. One man, wailing, tried repeatedly to make his way through to the house but was prevented by the crowds. |
| After the second attack, firefighters struggled to extinguish the blaze that engulfed the car. There were at least three charred bodies, of a woman and two children, visible. | After the second attack, firefighters struggled to extinguish the blaze that engulfed the car. There were at least three charred bodies, of a woman and two children, visible. |
| Arabs, Kurds and Turks live in Kirkuk, and all have competing claims to the oil-rich area. The Kurds want to incorporate it into their self-rule region in Iraq's north, but the Arabs and Iraqi Turks oppose this claim. | Arabs, Kurds and Turks live in Kirkuk, and all have competing claims to the oil-rich area. The Kurds want to incorporate it into their self-rule region in Iraq's north, but the Arabs and Iraqi Turks oppose this claim. |
| In the town of Tarmiyah, about 30 miles north of Baghdad, a suicide bomber rammed a motorcycle into a police patrol, killing two policemen and wounding eight other people, a police official said. | In the town of Tarmiyah, about 30 miles north of Baghdad, a suicide bomber rammed a motorcycle into a police patrol, killing two policemen and wounding eight other people, a police official said. |
| No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks, but car and suicide bombings are regarded as a hallmark of al-Qaida's Iraq branch. | No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks, but car and suicide bombings are regarded as a hallmark of al-Qaida's Iraq branch. |
| Separately, after one man died of his wounds in hospital, authorities raised to 12 the death toll from the attack on Tuesday on Baghdad liquor stores. Families gathered outside a city morgue to receive the bodies of their relatives. Several wooden caskets were loaded on vehicles as mourners chanted: "There is no God but Allah." | Separately, after one man died of his wounds in hospital, authorities raised to 12 the death toll from the attack on Tuesday on Baghdad liquor stores. Families gathered outside a city morgue to receive the bodies of their relatives. Several wooden caskets were loaded on vehicles as mourners chanted: "There is no God but Allah." |
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