Document #1123744

RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Author)

Iraqi Car Bomb Wounds Judge, Kills Two

June 20, 2012
 
An Iraqi judge who oversees terrorism cases has been injured in a car bomb explosion in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk.
 
Reports say the blast on killed at least two people and wounded more than 10 others.
 
Judge Aziz Ibrahim was reported in stable condition.
 
Police said the explosion went off as the judge was arriving at his office in downtown Kirkuk.
 
Kirkuk, some 290 kilometers north of Baghdad, is ethnically divided among Kurds, Arabs, and Turkomen, each of whom claim rights to control the city and the oil-rich lands in the region.
 
Based on reporting by AP and AFP
 

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ecoi.net description:
City of Kirkuk: 2 people have been killed and more than 10 have been wounded by a car bomb; judge Aziz Ibrahim, who oversees terrorism cases, was among the injured
Country:
Iraq
Source:
RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Author)
Original link:
http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-car-bomb-injures-judge-kills-two/24620147.html
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Published:
20 June 2012
Document ID:
1123744 (former ID 219992)

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