Middle East News
Iraq arrests suspects in Kirkuk restaurant bombing (Extra)
Dec 23, 2008, 15:37 GMT
Baghdad - Iraqi police on Tuesday arrested suspected perpetrators of a restaurant bomb attack in Kirkuk that left 45 dead and 85 injured including many women and children.
The attack took place earlier in December in a restaurant during the Muslim feast of sacrifice, Eid al-Adha, earlier in December, and was the work of a suicide bomber, police said at the time.
Kurdish security forces with the help of US forces arrested members of an Islamist extremist group, that claimed responsibility for the attack.
Police also confiscated 250 kilos of TNT and bombs.
A security source in Kirkuk denied the involvement by Kurds or Turkmans in the attack. Rumors of Kurdish and Turkman involvement in the outrage harmed relations between the groups, the source said.
Kirkuk is a multi-ethnic city with a population of Kurds, Arabs and Turkmans located near Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region.
COMMENT
blog comments powered by DisqusLatest Headlines in Middle East
- 1. Jerusalem prelate tells Arab Spring youth to have confidence
- 2. More than 100 killed in Syria ahead of ceasefire deadline
- 3. At least 43 killed in Syria, despite UN criticism
- 4. 19 killed in Syria as ceasefire deadline approaches
- 5. Pilgrims flock to Jerusalem for Easter, Passover
Older Talkback
