Gunmen and suicide bombers attacked a police intelligence headquarters and a nearby shopping mall in a coordinated attack in the northern city of Kirkuk late on Wednesday, killing 11 people and wounding 70, police and medical sources said. Two suicide bombers armed with sniper rifles entered the shopping complex, took control of it and captured around 15 shoppers as hostages, police said. After a gun battle, one suicide bomber blew himself up and the other was shot dead by Kurdish security forces who took over the operation from local police. One hostage was wounded, police said. “I was inside my home when there was a big explosion, our house was shaking and the windows shattered,” said a man who gave his name as Abu Ahmed who lives next to the mall. He saw several attackers carrying weapons heading towards the mall. “Dozens of women, men and […]