The bloody aftermath of a bomb blast in the ethnically mixed Iraqi city of Kirkuk.<br/> <br />The attack killed at least 31 people on Friday, according to police and medics.<br/> <br />The blast tore through a cafe where people had gathered after breaking their fast for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) EYEWITNESS, MAHMOUD HASHIM, SAYING:<br/> <br />"We were just sitting in the cafe when a man wearing an explosive belt walked past and all of a sudden blew himself up. There is no government."<br/> <br />The violence is part of a campaign of militant attacks since the start of the year, prompting warnings of wider conflict in a country where ethnic Kurds and Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims have yet to find a stable power-sharing compromise.<br/> <br />No one has claimed immediate responsibility for the attack, but insurgents have been regaining strength in recent months.
