Tuesday, 06 October 2009, 01:53 EDT
Car bomb wounds 10 Peshmergas west of Duhok

Kurdish army guards in Kashan Valley, northern Iraq

VOI

At least ten Kurdish Peshmergas were wounded in car bomb explosion

At least ten Peshmerga fighters (Kurdish armed forces) were wounded in car bomb explosion in west of Duhok on Monday, mayor of Snono district said.

"A suicide bomber blew up a car rigged with explosive targeting a convoy carrying 32 Peshmerga fighters on Monday afternoon (Oct. 5) near Shaalan village, Rabiyaa district, west of Duhok," Khedr Rashwa told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

"The blast wounded ten fighters, who were sent to hospitals in Duhok and Zakho for treatment," he added.

Meanwhile, a source from the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Mosul said that the blast wounded ten persons who were rushed to Duhok hospitals for treatment.

The Pukmedia website reported that the explosion wounded 25 members of the Peshmerga Forces and they were taken to a hospital in Zakho district for treatment.