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Six people were killed on Sunday in a series of explosions outside a security directorate
in the capital of Iraq's usually peaceful autonomous Kurdistan region. Gunfire could
be heard after the blasts in Arbil that wounded a further 36 people, according to the city's
health directorate. The victims were believed to be members of the Iraqi Kurdish security
forces, Television footage showed the charred remains of at least three cars and another
in flames.
Smoke rose into the air as firefighters and ambulances attended the scene. A statement
published on the Kurdistan Regional Government website said one car had been targeted before
it blew up near the Interior Ministry.
The KRG statement also cited witnesses as saying five suicide bombers had been killed
before they were able to detonate themselves.