* Car, suicide bombs explode at PUK headquarters * Sunni militants claim responsibility * Latest in string of militant attacks across Iraq (Adds analyst comment) BAQUBA, Iraq, June 8 (Reuters) - At least 18 people were killed in two blasts at the headquarters of a Kurdish political party in Iraq's ethnically mixed province of Diyala on Sunday, local officials and medics said. Most of the victims of Sunday's attack were members of the Kurdish security forces who were guarding the ****** of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party in the town of Jalawla, 115 km (70 miles) **rtheast of Baghdad. "A suicide bomber parked a car packed with explosives near the PUK headquarters and after it went off, he managed to sneak into the building and detonate his vest," said Khorsheed Ahmed, chairman of Jalawla city council.
06-09-2014, 03:42 AM
Bombing on Kurdish party HQ in Iraq kills 18
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