A Turkish worker was killed in a truck bomb attack in Iraq's northern city of Arbil on Wednesday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.

Bulent Ozdemir, a worker for the Tasyapi Construction Industry and Trade Corp, was killed and another worker was slightly injured in the bombing attack, the company's deputy DG Alpaslan Kiziloglu was quoted as confirming.

Earlier in the morning, the suicide truck bomb struck the building of a Kurdish regional ministry in Arbil, killing at least 20 people and injuring 70 others.

"Latest report said that 20 people were killed and 70 others injured, including interior ministry employees," a source from the city police said, citing report from the Kurdish regional Health Ministry.

The powerful blast destroyed the front part of the ministry building and damaged nearby buildings, including the regional parliament building, according to the source.

Arbil, 350 km north of Baghdad, is the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan autonomous region, which has been relatively calm despite the violence in other parts of the war-torn country.

Source: Xinhua