Four people were killed when a car bomb exploded near the Irbil provincial governor 's office , Iraq 's state-run Iraqiya TV reported Wednesday . Several other people were wounded in the blast in Irbil city , Iraqiya said . It was not immediately clear who the victims were or who was responsible . Kurdish security and government officials did n't answer CNN calls for comment . Irbil is the capital of Kurdistan 's regional government , which is under the control of Kurdish and Peshmerga forces . The ISIS militant group has taken over small villages in Nineveh province , close to the Kurdistan region , but Irbil is still relatively safe . The explosion near the governor 's office in the heart of the KRG capital is significant because the Kurdish region has had a history of stability , even during the sectarian battles between Sunnis and Shiites between 2005 and 2007 .
The blast happened in Irbil , the capital of the Kurdistan regional government . It 's not immediately clear who was killed and who was responsible .