Insurgents attack police headquarters in northern Iraq, killing 4
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Iraqi authorities say insurgents have attacked a security headquarters in a northern city, killing four people.
Police officials say the assault on Wednesday took place when a car bomb exploded at the gate of the Police Intelligence Department in the religiously-mixed city of Kirkuk. Later, suicide bomber entered the building and set off his explosive belt among police members.
A gunbattle between attackers and security forces erupted immediately after the bombings, said police. They said another 46 people were wounded.
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Hospital officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to media, confirmed the casualty figure.
Wednesday's attack came only one day after a similar assault on a mayor's office in the Sunni town of Tarmiyah that left 10 people dead.