(VOI) -- Nearly 22 persons were killed or wounded in a suicide car bomb attack that ripped through downtown al-Khanaqin district, a Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) official said on Sunday. "Today, a suicide bomber blew up a car bomb near al-Asayesh police department in downtown al-Khanaqin district, killing two civilians and injuring 22 others," Hassan Jihad Ameen told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI). VOI has made every effort to contact security sources, but to no avail. Eyewitnesses from the district, which is affiliated with Diala province, told VOI that a car bomb explosion near a downtown preparatory school killed and wounded a number of civilians.
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