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

BAGHDAD, Feb 1 Kyodo

(EDS: UPDATING DEATH TOLL)

sum of two units suicide bombers blew themselves up at the regional headquarters of the couple main Kurdish factions in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil onward Sunday, killing at least 57 tribe 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 recently made knowns Service reported that as many as 200 folks may have been killed or tortureed in twin suicide attacks.

The brace rival parties control the Kurdish-dominated provinces of northern Iraq where mostly of the country's minority Kurd live.

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