Suicide car bomb kills 15 in northern Iraq

Officials say a suicide car bomb targeting a provincial police headquarters has killed at least 15 people in a disputed northern Iraqi city.

February 03, 2013

Sahoub Baghdadi

 


 


BAGHDAD — Officials say a suicide car bomb targeting a provincial police headquarters has killed at least 15 people in a disputed northern Iraqi city.




A police officer says at least one attacker drove his car into the headquarters building in Kirkuk on Sunday morning. He said another 70 people were wounded.




The officer spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to release information.


 


The head of the provincial health directorate, Sidiq Omar Rasool, confirmed the casualty figures. — AP


 


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