2009 Kirkuk bombing explained

2009 Kirkuk bombings
Location:Kirkuk, Iraq
Date:30 June 2009
Timezone:UTC+3
Type:Suicide bombing and car bomb
Fatalities:40[1]
Injuries:136
Perps:Unknown

The 2009 Kirkuk bombing was a suicide car bomb attack that occurred on June 30, 2009, in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. The bombing killed 40 people and injured up to 100.[1]

The bomb, which exploded in a crowded district came as U.S. troops were leaving major urban cities in Iraq.[2]

Shortly after the attack, a Peshmerga brigade seized a car loaded with 250 kg of TNT. The explosives were being transported from Kirkuk to Sulaymaniyah.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kirkuk bombed amid US pullout . 2009-06-30 . . 2009-07-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090804144404/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/07/20097135313957256.html . 2009-08-04 . live .
  2. Web site: Suicide explosion in Kirkuk leaves 20 dead, 40 injured . 2009-06-30 . . 2009-07-01 . Hogr . https://archive.today/20090729055426/http://pukmedia.com/english/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11892&Itemid=1 . 2009-07-29 . dead .
  3. Web site: Sulaimani Brigade seizes car loaded with 250kg of TNT . 2009-06-30 . . 2009-07-01 . Halgord . https://archive.today/20090729055519/http://pukmedia.com/english/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11902&Itemid=1 . 2009-07-29 . dead .
  4. Web site: President Talabani slams terrorist attack in Kirkuk . 2009-06-30 . . 2009-07-01 .

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