Smoke rises from the Iraqi Kurdistan headquarters of the Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran, after Iran's Revolutionary Guards' strike on the outskirts of Kirkuk, Iraq Sept. 28, 2022. (Credit: Ako Rasheed/Reuters)
ERBIL — One person was killed and four were injured when a vehicle exploded in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil on Friday, the Kurdistan region's counter-terrorism service said.
An explosive device attached to the bottom of the car detonated at around 1 p.m., killing the driver and injuring two women and two children who were in the car, it said in a statement.
The counter-terrorism service has opened an investigation into the incident, the statement added.
Reporting by Yomna Ehab in Cairo and Amina Ismail in Erbil; Writing by Nadine Awadalla and Amina Ismail; Editing by Jon Boyle and Mark Heinrich.
ERBIL — One person was killed and four were injured when a vehicle exploded in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil on Friday, the Kurdistan region's counter-terrorism service said.
An explosive device attached to the bottom of the car detonated at around 1 p.m., killing the driver and injuring two women and two children who were in the car, it said in a statement.
The counter-terrorism service has opened an investigation into the incident, the statement added.
Reporting by Yomna Ehab in Cairo and Amina Ismail in Erbil; Writing by Nadine Awadalla and Amina Ismail; Editing by Jon Boyle and Mark Heinrich.
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