KIRKUK, Iraq — Three car bombs exploded at dawn on Saturday outside the homes of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party officials in northern Iraq, wounding 34 people, police said.‘At about 6:00 am (0300 GMT) three booby-trapped cars exploded simultaneously outside the homes of three officials of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in north Kirkuk, wounding 34 people,’ said Brigadier General Adel Zeinalabedine.
The senior police commander had earlier said that 25 people were wounded in the attacks on the PUK — a Kurdish former rebel movement which is led by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani.