Incident Summary:

06/14/2005: In a pair of attacks against Iraqi civilians on June 14th, a suicide attack in Kirkuk, Iraq, killed about 20 civilians and injured as many as 53 others, mostly government employees waiting in line to pick up their paychecks at a bank in the city's center. Jaysh Ansar al-Islam claimed responsibility for the attack the following day.

Overview

GTD ID:
200506140001

When:
2005-06-14

Country:
Iraq

Region:
Middle East & North Africa

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Kirkuk (Governorate)

City:
Kirkuk

What

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more)	Bombing/Explosion
Successful Attack? (more)	Yes

Target Information (more)
Target Type: Government (General)
Name of Entity	Iraqi Government
Specific Description	Iraqi Government department employees
Nationality of Target	Iraq

Additional Information
Hostages	No
Property Damage	Unknown
Extent of Property Damage	Unknown
Value of Property Damage	Unknown

How

Weapon Information
Type	Sub-type
Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite	Suicide (carried bodily by human being)

Additional Information
Suicide Attack?	Yes
Situation of Multi-Party Conflict?	Unknown
Part of Multiple Incident?	No
Criterion 1 (more)	Yes
Criterion 2 (more)	Yes
Criterion 3 (more)	Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more)	No
Additional Information	The number of wounded was reported as low as 50 and as high as 80. The numbers killed ranged from 18 to 22.

Who

Perpetrator Information
Name	Claimed Responsibility
Ansar al-Islam	Yes (Confirmed: Unknown; Mode: Posted to website, blog, etc.)

Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators	Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators	0

Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties	20 Fatalities / 65 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities	20
Number of U.S. Fatalities	0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities	1
Total Number of Injured	65
Number of U.S. Injured	0
Number of Perpetrators Injured	0

Sources

Sources
"18 Iraqis Killed in Kirkuk Explosion, 10 Killed in Ba'qubah," Al-Jazirah Satellite Television, June 14, 2005."
"Turkey Condemns Suicide Attack in Kirkuk," Anatolia, June 14, 2005."
"Iraq: Jaysh Ansar al-Islam Claims Responsibility for Kirkuk Bombing 14 June," Al-Arabiyah Television, June 15, 2005."