Iraq car bomb: driver detonates car at governor’s compound in Kurdish capital Erbil, kills 4
- 9 years ago
A suicide bomber detonated a car laden with explosive in Erbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan region, on Wednesday, killing four people and injuring at least 22.
The bomber approached Erbil’s governorate main entrance in a car laden with explosive. He tried to enter the building, which is protected by blast walls, but failed.
When guards opened fire on him, he detonated the car outside the complex, killing at least four people.
Ten vehicles together with properties in the area suffered major damage, Rudaw reported.
It is unclear however whether the city’s citadel, one of the world’s longest continuously inhabited landmarks, was affected by the blast.
While explosions in Iraq’s Baghdad are considered a normal occurrence, this is the first big attack in Erbil in more than a year.
No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack although according to reports it carried the hallmarks of the Islamic State (IS).
IS has previously carried attacks in Iraq and has been at war with the Kurdistan Region in in the north of the country.
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The bomber approached Erbil’s governorate main entrance in a car laden with explosive. He tried to enter the building, which is protected by blast walls, but failed.
When guards opened fire on him, he detonated the car outside the complex, killing at least four people.
Ten vehicles together with properties in the area suffered major damage, Rudaw reported.
It is unclear however whether the city’s citadel, one of the world’s longest continuously inhabited landmarks, was affected by the blast.
While explosions in Iraq’s Baghdad are considered a normal occurrence, this is the first big attack in Erbil in more than a year.
No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack although according to reports it carried the hallmarks of the Islamic State (IS).
IS has previously carried attacks in Iraq and has been at war with the Kurdistan Region in in the north of the country.
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