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Dozens of angry Kurds opened fire Monday on the offices of a Turkmen political party, which opposes Kurdish claims on Kirkuk, after a suicide bombing that killed at least 22 during a protest rally in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. The Kurd attackers kidnapped five Turkmen party members, the party's Ankara representative told Anatolian Agency. (UPDATED)  At least 22 people were killed on Monday in a suicide bombing during a protest rally in Kirkuk and gunfire in the panic that followed, officials told AFP. A suicide bomber detonated his explosives belt in downtown Kirkuk amid a group of people protesting against a provincial election law, prompting guards to fire to disperse a surging crowd, officials added. After the explosion, some demonstrators walked to the ITF office after they staged a protest march in Kirkuk, Saadettin Ergec, the chairman of the Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF), told the Anatolian Agency. "They wounded some officials in the office, including the head of the security personnel, and they set ablaze vehicles," Ergec said. He said the demonstrators later attacked the Turkmeneli TV station, and added that police did not intervene in the demonstrators.
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