At least 10 die in Northern Iraq

  • 12/15/2022
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BAGHDAD, May 13, SPA -- A suicide truck bomber crashed the offices of a Kurdish political party in northern Iraq and detonated his explosives on Sunday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 60, including the mayor who was in his nearby office, health and security officials said. The attack in Makhmur, 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of Irbil, targeted the office of the Kurdistan DemocraticParty of Massoud Barzani, leader of the autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq. Makhmur is not part of theKurdish-controlled areas of northern Iraq. The blast also damaged nearby buildings, including theoffice of Mayor Abdul Rahman Delaf, a prominent Kurdishwriter, who was wounded, the Associated Press reported.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/449267

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