2007 Kirkuk bombings

2007 Kirkuk bombings
Location	Kirkuk, Iraq
Date	July 16, 2007 8:45^[1] – 9:05^[2] (UTC+3)
Target	PUK office and a crowded market
Attack type	Suicide bombing and car bombs
Deaths	86^[3]
Injured	136^[4] – 180+^[5]

List of bombings during the Iraq War

‡ indicates attacks resulting in over 100 deaths
§ indicates the deadliest attack in the Iraq War
This list only includes major attacks.

2003: 1st Baghdad; 2nd Baghdad; Najaf; 3rd Baghdad; 1st Nasiriyah; 1st Karbala

2004: ‡ 1st Erbil; ‡ Ashoura; 1st Basra; 1st Mosul; 4th Baghdad; 5th Baghdad; Karbala & Najaf; 1st Baqubah; Kufa; Marez

2005: Suwaira bombing; ‡ 1st Al Hillah; 2nd Erbil; ‡ Musayyib; 6th Baghdad; ‡ 7th Baghdad; 1st Balad; Khanaqin

2006: ‡ Karbala-Ramadi; 1st Samarra; 8th Baghdad; 9th Baghdad; ‡ 10th Baghdad

2007: 11th Baghdad; 12th Baghdad; ‡ 13th Baghdad; 14th Baghdad; 15th Baghdad; ‡ 2nd Al Hillah; ‡ 1st Tal Afar; 16th Baghdad; 17th Baghdad; 2nd & 3rd Karbala; 2nd Mosul; ‡ 18th Baghdad; Makhmour; Abu Sayda; 2nd Samarra; 19th Baghdad; ‡ Amirli; 1st Kirkuk; 20th Baghdad; 21st Baghdad; § Qahtaniya; Amarah

2008: 22nd Baghdad; 2nd Balad; 23rd Baghdad; 4th Karbala; 24th Baghdad; Karmah; 2nd Baqubah; Dujail; Balad Ruz

2009: 25th Baghdad; 26th Baghdad; Baghdad-Muqdadiyah; Taza; 27th Baghdad; 2nd Kirkuk; 2nd Tal Afar; ‡ 28th Baghdad; ‡ 29th Baghdad; ‡ 30th Baghdad

2010: 31st Baghdad; 32nd Baghdad; 3rd Baqubah; 33rd Baghdad; 34th Baghdad; 35th Baghdad; ‡ 1st Pan-Iraq; 36th Baghdad; 37th Baghdad; 2nd Pan-Iraq; 38th Baghdad; 39th Baghdad; ‡ 40th Baghdad

2011: 41st Baghdad; ‡ 3rd Pan-Iraq; Karbala-Baghdad; 42nd Baghdad; Tikrit; 3rd Al Hillah; 3rd Samarra; Al Diwaniyah; Taji; 4th Pan-Iraq; 43rd Baghdad; 4th Karbala; 44th Baghdad; 2nd Basra; 45th Baghdad

The 2007 Kirkuk bombings were a series of 3 suicide and car bomb attacks that occurred on July 16, 2007, in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk. The bombing killed 86 people with up to 180 injured.

The first bomb, which caused most of the casualties, exploded in a crowded market close to the offices of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, a Kurdish political party led by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. The massive explosion left a crater several metres deep. More than 20 cars were destroyed and two buildings collapsed completely.

The second attack minutes later targeted a bus station at a nearby market in a commercial area called Iskan and wounded one civilian.

Several hours later, a car bomb exploded in southern Kirkuk, killing a police officer and wounding six others.^[5] A fourth car bomb was discovered and made safe.^[3]

References

^ "Dozens killed in Kirkuk car bombs". CNN. Archived from the original on August 11, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2007.
^ "Kerkük'te bombalı saldırı: 85 ölü" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. July 16, 2007. Archived from the original on August 24, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2007.
^ ^a ^b Siddique, Haroon (July 16, 2007). "At least 86 killed in Iraq bomb attacks". The Guardian. London. Retrieved July 16, 2007.
^ "Suicide bombers kill 80 in Iraq". UK: Channel 4. Retrieved July 16, 2007.
^ ^a ^b "Iraq oil city blasts kill dozens". BBC. July 16, 2007. Archived from the original on July 16, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2007.