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In pictures: Kirkuk bombings

Kirkuk girls wounded

Twin bomb blasts have left scores dead and wounded in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk.

Kirkuk bomb

The office of a Kurdish political party and a market were the targets of the attacks.

Charred wreck in Kirkuk

The status of Kirkuk is disputed by Iraq's ethnic groups and has seen violence rise recently.

Bodies removed in Kirkuk

Medical workers remove bodies of victims. The number of casualties is expected to rise.

Bomb site in Kirkuk.

Witnesses said the explosions left craters metres deep.




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