KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - At least two bombs exploded in Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk on Thursday, killing at least 15 people, a police official and other security sources said.
An Interior Ministry source put the toll at 15 dead and 40 injured, while a police source said the explosions killed 20 people and injured 15.
Kirkuk is located 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad.
"Two explosions occurred, one of them a car bomb near a bus station in central Kirkuk. There are many casualties but as yet we don't know the exact number," Jamal Tahir, the police chief of Kirkuk province, told Reuters.
A smaller explosion was followed by a car bomb blast when police and rescue workers responded at the scene near Kirkuk's police headquarters, a police source said.
(Reporting by Mustafa Mahmoud in Kirkuk and Muhanad Mohammed in Baghdad; Writing by Jim Loney; editing by Andrew Dobbie)-Reuters
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An Interior Ministry source put the toll at 15 dead and 40 injured, while a police source said the explosions killed 20 people and injured 15.
Kirkuk is located 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad.
"Two explosions occurred, one of them a car bomb near a bus station in central Kirkuk. There are many casualties but as yet we don't know the exact number," Jamal Tahir, the police chief of Kirkuk province, told Reuters.
A smaller explosion was followed by a car bomb blast when police and rescue workers responded at the scene near Kirkuk's police headquarters, a police source said.
(Reporting by Mustafa Mahmoud in Kirkuk and Muhanad Mohammed in Baghdad; Writing by Jim Loney; editing by Andrew Dobbie)-Reuters
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