
Multiple bombs exploded across the city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq Monday. The BBC reported that at least 85 people were killed and more than 180 wounded. The deadliest of the bombs was detonated near the offices of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, a party led by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, leaving a 30-foot crater.
BBC:
Bomb attacks in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk have killed at least 85 people and wounded more than 180.
A suicide bomber detonated a lorry near the offices of a Kurdish political party, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), causing most of the casualties.
Two other bombs later went off in the city. No group has claimed the attacks.
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