A suicide bomber has targeted a storage site in northern Iraq containing ballot boxes from the May parliamentary elections, wounding at least 19 people, officials say.
Security officers said a car bomb driven by a suicide bomber exploded at the main gate of the warehouse in the city of Kirkuk on July 1, days before a vote recount.
The building was damaged by the blast but the ballot boxes were unaffected, Kirkuk Governor Rakan al-Juburi said.
Police officers, members of a counterterrorist unit, and civilians were said to be among those wounded.
Some reports said one person was also killed.
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Source: RadioFreeEurope