UPDATE: Bomb hits Iraqi Kurdish capital
A deadly bombing in downtown Erbil - the first such attack in over a year - could cause Kurdistan to restrict the influx of refugees.
Security forces stand guard outside the Erbil governorate building on Nov. 19, 2014, after a vehicle-borne bomb exploded at a nearby checkpoint. (DANIEL W. SMITH/Iraq Oil Report/Metrography)
ERBIL - A vehicle detonated in downtown Erbil on Wednesday, killing at least four people and injuring at least 29 - the first such attack to hit Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region in more than a year.
Eyewitnesses to Wednesday's attack said a Mercedes Benz pulled up to a checkpoint in front of the Erbil governorate building, near the ancient citadel at the center of the city, where the car was halted by guards. The bomb went off at 11:55 a.m.
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