Four people killed in car bomb attack in northern Iraq
23/5/2005 16:53
A suicide car bomb attack struck the government headquarters of the Iraqi
town of Tuz Khurmatu, south of Kirkuk, on Monday, killing four people and
wounding more than 10 others, police said.
"A suicide bomber drove an
explosive-laden vehicle outside the building of the government headquarters of
the town, killing four people and wounding more than 10 others," Tikrit US-Iraqi
liaison office said in a statement.
Iraqi security forces cordoned off the
area in the town, some 90 km east of Tikrit, the statement said.
Earlier, the
al-Jazeera television reported the attack was targeting the convoy of a senior
Kurdish official of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). Muhammed Mahmoud
Jigareti survived unhurt, but five people were killed and about 18 others
wounded.
However, a PUK official in Baghdad could not confirm the
incident.
Insurgents have mounted attacks on government officials since a new
government was announced in late April, killing more than 550 people.
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