Gunmen storm Iraq Kurdish governor’s office, killing one

Three gunmen stormed the governor’s headquarters in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, opening fire and killing one employee before being shot dead, officials say.

Initial reports said two gunmen had stormed the building in Erbil in the early morning and had shot and wounded a policeman.

But as the day unfolded the toll rose to one employee killed and several members of the security forces wounded as Kurdish security forces exchanged fire with the attackers, according to officials.

Deputy police chief for the Kurdish autonomous region Farhad Mohammed says “several members of the security forces were wounded,” but did not give a specific toll.

Mohammed says the three gunmen had been “neutralized” after a four-hour exchange of fire with Kurdish security forces.

— AFP