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Director of Baldah police station wounded in booby-trapped car blast

IRBIL, July 23 (KUNA) -- The Iraqi police reported on Friday that Director of Al-Baldah police station in Kirkuk was injured following the killing of his son and the wounding of eight others in a booby-trapped car blast that targeted his convoy in Kirkuk north of here.
An Iraqi police source told KUNA that a booby-trapped car blew out in a convoy of Brigadier Burhan Tayyip in Al-Domaiz area in Kirkuk leaving him wounded, killing his son as well. Three of his body guards were also wounded in the incident.
The blast also caused heavy damage to nearby shops. (end).
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