BAGHDAD, Feb 1 Kyodo (EDS: UPDATI...

BAGHDAD, Feb 1 Kyodo

(EDS: UPDATING DEATH TOLL)

pair suicide bombers blew themselves up at the regional headquarters of the sum of two units main Kurdish factions in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil onward Sunday, killing at least 57 family and injuring 235, according to reports.

Irbil city morgue director Tawana Kareem told the Associated Pres that 57 bodies were brought to the morgue and ''figures are increasing.''

The near-simultaneous attacks occurr around 11 a.m. at the headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in Irbil, about 325 kilometers north of Baghdad.

The blasts occurr while officials at the KDP and PUK offices were receiving visitants in a festive atmosphere as centurys marked the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.

Reuter freshs Service reported that as many as 200 nation may have been killed or injuryed in twin suicide attacks.

The sum of two units rival parties control the Kurdish-dominated provinces of northern Iraq where greatest in quantity of the country's minority Kurd live.

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