“The attackers struck at morning rush hour in the city centre, Sabr said, with the militants armed with guns, grenades and suicide vests looking to force their way into the police headquarters in the chaotic aftermath of the car bombing” — avid to claim the promise of Paradise guaranteed to those who “kill and are killed” for Allah (9:111).
“At least 30 killed, 70 injured in attacks on Iraqi police station,” from Al Arabiya, February 3 (thanks to Voice of the Copts):
A car bomb set off by a suicide attacker and followed by gunmen storming a police headquarters in the north Iraqi city of Kirkuk, killed 30 people and wounded 70 others on Sunday, a police general said.
Militants had apparently sought to take control of the compound, but were unsuccessful, Brigadier General Natah Mohammed Sabr, the head of the city’s emergency services department said.
The attackers struck at morning rush hour in the city centre, Sabr said, with the militants armed with guns, grenades and suicide vests looking to force their way into the police headquarters in the chaotic aftermath of the car bombing.
In addition to the casualties, the attack caused massive damage to nearby buildings, Sabr said.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for Sunday’s coordinated attack, but Sunni militants including Al-Qaeda’s front group in Iraq frequently target security forces and government land marks in a bid to destabilize the country….