ஈராக்: தற்கொலை குண்டுதாரி வெடித்ததில் 17 பேர் பலி

ஈராக்கிய தற்கொலை குண்டுதாரி ஒரு கட்டிடத்துக்குள் சென்று வெடித்ததில் 17 பேர் கொல்லப்பட்டனர். 68 பேர் பலத்த காயமடைந்தனர்.

17 dead, many hurt in Iraq suicide blastPublished: Friday, 22 June, 2007, 02:20 AM Doha Time

BAGHDAD: At least 17 people were killed and 68 wounded by a suicide truck bomb blast yesterday in the northern Iraqi town of Suleiman Bek, located south of Kirkuk, local media and officials said.
Police sources in the nearby city of Tuz Khurmatu said the attacker had driven a large fuel tanker into the headquarters of the chief administrator in the town.
The blast also struck many of the administrative buildings around the targeted building, police officer Heoa Abdullah said.
Suleiman Bek is a district of mixed ethnicities which lies 180 kilometres north-east of Baghdad, and is one of the contested areas claimed by the Kurds as part of Kurdistan. It was attached administratively to Salahaddin province by ousted leader Saddam Hussain.
Independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI) said at least 17 people were killed and 60 others were injured in the blast. Local eyewitnesses had earlier said that the chief administrator of Suleiman Bek and a number of other top administrators were among those killed.
Meanwhile, fierce clashes took place yesterday morning between Iraqi forces and militants in northern Baghdad, VOI reported. - DPA