Car bomb outside Iraqi police station kills 6

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Car bomb outside Iraqi police station kills 6

Police chief says dozens wounded; precise figure not available

KIRKUK, Iraq - A suicide bomber killed himself and at least five other people at a police station in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Monday, a police official and an ambulance worker said.

"We have so far moved six dead and about six wounded," Ihsan Hassan, an ambulance worker, told Reuters.

About 20 policemen had gathered in front of the Rahimawa police station to get their day's orders when the morning blast went off, said the station's chief, Col. Adel Ibrahim.

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1. BBC: car bomb attack at a police station, in Kirkuk.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3512455.stm

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2. Police: Bombing in Iraq Kills Dozens - link

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Iraq-Attack.html

KIRKUK, Iraq (AP) -- A vehicle bomb detonated outside an Iraqi police station in the northern city of Kirkuk on Monday, killing and wounding dozens of people, police said.

The morning blast heavily damaged the Rahimawa police station in the city and destroyed nearby cars.

Kirkuk's police chief, Torhan Abdul Rahman Yousef, said dozens of people were killed and wounded. He did not immediately have precise figures. Ambulances rushed to the scene, and police cordoned off the area, refusing to talk to reporters.

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3. 6 dead, 20 wounded -- BBC World Radio

Numbers likely to increase.

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4. I was wondering where they were.