Ubuncinci abantu abali-10 babulewe kuhlaselo lwebhombu kwiofisi yezopolitiko kumantla eIraq, amagosa athi.
Bangaphezu kwe-90 abantu abaxelwe ukuba bonzakele kuhlaselo lweeofisi zeKurdish Democratic Party (KDP) kwisixeko saseKirkuk.
I-KDP ikhokelwa ngumongameli wengingqi yaseKurdish ezimeleyo, uMassoud Barzani.
Amapolisa athi olu qhushumbo lwenziwe yimoto ebiqhutywa yibhombu ezibulalayo kwaye ibangele umonakalo omkhulu.
UBrigadier Sarhat Qadir wamapolisa uthe lo mmandla ubuzele ngabantu ngethuba umhlaseli wabetha.
IKirkuk ngowona mmandla ukhuphisana ngokukrakra kwe-Iraq, ibango yingingqi yaseKurdish kunye neBaghdad.
Lo mmandla, unovimba omkhulu weoyile, ngoku ulawulwa ngurhulumente oyintloko olawulwa ngama-Arabhu eBaghdad.
URami Ruhayem weBBC eBaghdad uthi uhlaselo lwangoLwesithathu lubonakala ngathi luthumela umyalezo wezopolitiko.
I-Kirkuk isisityebi kungekhona nje kwioli, kodwa ngokubaluleka okungokomfanekiso, kwaye ibonwa ngabahlali baseKurdish njengenxalenye ebalulekileyo yalo naliphi na ilizwe leKurdish elizayo, uthi.
Njengamaxesha onke, ukuba ngoobani abenzi bobubi kuhlala kungaziwa, kwaye ngokunjalo kuya kuba njalo naziphi na iinjongo zezopolitiko emva kohlaselo, zishiya iingcango zivulekile kuqikelelo, umnxibelelanisi wethu wongeza.
I-Baghdad kunye nabaphathi baseKurdish bebeceba ukubamba iingxoxo malunga nommandla ophikisanayo.
Nangona ubundlobongela bamahlelo buye bancipha e-Iraq ukususela ekuphakameni kwe-surgency kwi-2006 kunye ne-2007, ukuhlaselwa kusekho.
Abavukeli beSunni abanxulunyaniswa ne-al-Qaeda batyholwa ngobundlobongela obenzeke kutshanje e-Iraq.
Abanye abantu ababini babulawa kwaye abanye abangama-20 benzakala kuhlaselo lwesibini ngaphandle kwee-ofisi zomnye umbutho wezopolitiko eTuz Khurmato kumgama oziikhilomitha ezingama-55 emazantsi.
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