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Casualty toll of Thursday''s Kirkuk bombing at 56

BAGHDAD, July 27 (KUNA) -- The final casualty toll of a bomb car explosion that took place on Thursday at a marketplace in central Kirkuk, north of Iraq, stood at 56 killed and injured.
According to a statement issued Friday by the police coordination center, five people were killed and 51 others were wounded when a salon car exploded yesterday afternoon near a restaurant in Jumhouriya Street, considered the commercial center of the city.
Many buildings were damages in the bombing, as well as cars in the vicinity, it said. (end) sbr.ema KUNA 270919 Jul 07NNNN