Sat Jul 13, 2013 17:38:25
A suicide bomber targeting a cafe in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Friday killed at least 18 people and wounded 28, police and medical sources said.
The attacker, wearing an explosives belt, blew himself up at 10:20 pm (1930 GMT) at the cafe in the Wahad Hozeran district, said police and Dr Sabah Mohammed Amin, the city's health chief.
The blast came after attacks mainly targeting security forces killed nine people, including a police brigadier general, earlier on Friday a day after 56 people died in bombings and shootings.
Iraq is experiencing a surge in violence across the country where more than 2,500 people have been killed this year, including more than 275 this month alone.
HH/HH
string(1972) "[{"id":"1442663","sort":"3051723","contenttypeid":"21","pic":"/2013/02/03/alalam-634955117339030984.jpg","title":"30 killed in attack on Kirkuk police HQ"} ,{"id":"1472333","sort":"3051724","contenttypeid":"21","pic":"/2013/05/08/alalam_635036096143512590_25f_4x3.jpg","title":"Two car bombs hit Iraq’s Kirkuk"} ,{"id":"1475073","sort":"3051725","contenttypeid":"21","pic":"/2013/05/16/alalam_635043370950627499_25f_4x3.jpg","title":"Mosque attack kills 12 Iraqis in Kirkuk"} ,{"id":"1489947","sort":"3051726","contenttypeid":"21","pic":"/2013/07/01/alalam_635082987837162353_25f_4x3.jpg","title":"761 killed in Iraq violence in June: UN"} ,{"id":"1490211","sort":"3051727","contenttypeid":"21","pic":"/2013/07/02/alalam_635083587995584176_25f_4x3.jpg","title":"Another day of bloody violence in Iraq"} ,{"id":"1490839","sort":"3051728","contenttypeid":"21","pic":"/2013/07/03/alalam_635084704472621903_25f_4x3.jpg","title":"Iraq attacks kill 123 civilians in three days"} ,{"id":"1491798","sort":"3051729","contenttypeid":"21","pic":"/2013/07/05/alalam_635086574873653414_25f_4x3.jpg","title":"Car blast kills 12 at protest camp in central Iraq"} ,{"id":"1492791","sort":"3051730","contenttypeid":"21","pic":"/2013/07/08/alalam_635088869877598444_25f_4x3.jpg","title":"Five killed in N Iraq gunfight"} ,{"id":"1492968","sort":"3051731","contenttypeid":"21","pic":"/2013/07/08/alalam_635089118462739008_25f_4x3.jpg","title":"At least 25 killed in two days of Iraq violence"} ,{"id":"1493825","sort":"3051732","contenttypeid":"21","pic":"/2013/07/11/alalam_635091583066046273_25f_4x3.jpg","title":"Gunmen kill 14 at Ramadan meal in Iraq"} ,{"id":"1494035","sort":"3051733","contenttypeid":"21","pic":"/2013/07/12/alalam_635092284452446105_25f_4x3.jpg","title":"12 Shias killed, dozens wounded in Iraq blasts"} ,{"id":"1494095","sort":"3051734","contenttypeid":"21","pic":"/2013/07/12/alalam_635092393800079321_25f_4x3.jpg","title":"Iraq violence death toll reaches 51"} ]"