Up to 25 feared dead in Iraq suicide blasts

Up to 25 people are feared dead after two suicide bombers struck a Shiite mosque and a nearby police station near the Iraqi city of Kirkuk today.

Fri, 08 Jun, 2007 - 12:55

Up to 25 people are feared dead after two suicide bombers struck a Shiite mosque and a nearby police station near the Iraqi city of Kirkuk today.

The simultaneous explosions occurred at about 2pm local time in the predominantly Shiite town of Dakok, about 30 miles south of Kirkuk, said police Brig. Gen. Burhan Taieb Taha.

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Courts Iraq Place: Iraq Place: mosque Place: Kirkuk Place: Shiite mosque Place: Baghdad Place: northern Iraq Person: Brig. Gen. Burhan Taieb Taha Person: prime minister Person: Nouri Maliki Person: Arabs

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