Iraq Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 55, Injures 95

by Rob Walker | December 11, 2008 at 11:26 am

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At least 55 people were killed when a bomb exploded during a suicide attack in a packed restaurant near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk.

So far police report at least 95 people were also wounded in the attack, which took place on the final day of the annual 'Feast of the Sacrifice' holiday.

At least 48 people were killed and 96 wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a restaurant near Kirkuk in northern Iraq on Thursday during a lunchtime meeting of local Kurdish officials with Awakening leaders who were discussing ways to cooperate to end the violence that has plagued the volatile oil-rich city.

At least 55 people were killed and 95 were wounded in a suicide bomb attack in a restaurant near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on the final day of the annual Feast of the Sacrifice holiday.

Families lunching at the "Abdullah" restaurant were among the victims of the deadliest attack in Iraq for nearly six months.