Bombs kill four in capital of Iraq Kurdish region

ARBIL: Bombings killed four people in the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region Sunday, officials said, a rare attack on an area usually spared violence plaguing the rest of the country.Nozad...

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Bombs kill four in capital of Iraq Kurdish region
ARBIL: Bombings killed four people in the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region Sunday, officials said, a rare attack on an area usually spared violence plaguing the rest of the country.

Nozad Hadi, the governor of Arbil province, told AFP that four members of the Kurdish asayesh security service were killed.

A high-ranking security official said four car bombs had exploded near the asayesh headquarters in Arbil, while another said the first blast was a suicide car bomb, while an explosives-rigged ambulance was detonated when people gathered at the scene.

Sunday's blasts were the first to hit Arbil since May 2007, when a truck bomb exploded near the same asayesh headquarters, killing 14 people and wounding more than 80. (AFP)