Two Kurdish officials injured in Kirkuk bomb attack
21/11/2011 13:38Kirkuk, Nov. 21 (AKnews) - Two Kurdish officials were injured when a sticky bomb attached to their car went of in the district of Dibs, west of Kirkuk.
The victims were identified as Jabar Mohammed Ibrahim, director of youth and sports in Kirkuk, and Adnan Aziz, a local official of the ruling KDP.
Police said that Aziz lost a leg in the blast.
It remained unclear, why both officials were traveling in the same car.
The oil-rich city of Kirkuk - 233 km northeast of Baghdad – is of multi-ethnic makeup. Kurds, Arabs and Turkmen all claim they are the rightful heirs to the rule of the city and the surrounding province. It has been hit hard by the violence that has engulfed Iraq since the 2003 U.S-led invasion. Unlike other regions, attacks in Kirkuk have not significantly decreased in recent years, with bombings and shootings an almost daily occurrence.
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