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Bombings Shut Down Oil City of Kirkuk

HeadlineOct 16, 2006

The northern oil city of Kirkuk was largely shut down on Sunday after a wave of car bomb attacks. At least 12 people died and another 56 were injured. One car bomb exploded outside a girls high school, killing two students and injuring 25. Earlier today a car bomb exploded outside an Iraqi bank in the town of Suweira killing 10 people and wounding 15.

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