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Sun 06 Jun 2009Iraqi bomb death toll rises to 73
The death toll from Iraq's deadliest bomb attack in more than a year rose to 73, police said today, a day after a suicide bomber detonated a truck packed with explosives near the northern city of Kirkuk.
The victims had been leaving a mosque. Kirkuk deputy police captain Major-General Turhan Abdul Rahman said the toll had risen from 67, and that the blast flattened 45 homes.
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