"A device exploded targeting a car driven by a member of the Peshmerga forces in Koji Hajri area near the border with Turkey,” Shakhwan Abdul Hamid, an officer with the Internal Security Forces in Erbil, told Anadolu Agency.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
He said local authorities have launched an investigation to uncover the perpetrators of the attack.
Kurdish authorities are yet to issue an official statement regarding the incident.
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