ISTANBUL—A Turkish diplomat was killed in the capital city of Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdish region Wednesday when at least one gunman opened fire inside a restaurant where the consular official was having lunch. The Kurdish government in the city of Erbil said a second person was killed and another wounded in the shooting. Local authorities said security services had sealed off the upscale neighborhood where the incident took place. Turkish officials didn’t disclose the identity of their compatriot, saying only that the victim...

Source: Wall Street Journal July 17, 2019 16:18 UTC