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1st LD: Suicide car bomb hits U.S. consulate in Iraq's Arbil

Xinhua, April 18, 2015 Adjust font size:

A suicide car bomb went off on Friday near the U.S. consulate in the city of Arbil, capital of the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan, leaving unknown number of casualties, a Kurdish security source said.

The incident occurred in the afternoon when a suicide bomber tried to approach the U.S. consulate in Aynkawa district in western Arbil, but the guards opened fire on the attacker and forced him to blew it up before he reach the entrance of the consulate, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

"There is no immediate reports about casualties, but the blast damaged several nearby buildings and cars," the source added.

The security situation in Iraq has been drastically deteriorated since June last year, when bloody clashes broke out between Iraqi security forces and the IS. Endit