IED kills soldier, wounds 2 in Kirkuk

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: One soldier on Wednesday was killed and two others were injured when an explosive charge went off in downtown Kirkuk city, according to an informed source. “This afternoon, an improvised explosive device (IED) hit an Iraqi army patrol vehicle in Shatir area, downtown Kirkuk, killing a soldier and wounding two others,” a source from the Joint Coordination Center told Iraqi News. The blast caused damage to the vehicle, the source noted. “Police forces sealed off the area of the blast and took the body and the wounded to Kirkuk General Hospital,” the source added. Kirkuk, an oil-rich and mixed city of Kurds, Turkmen, Christians and Arabs, lies 250 km northeast of Baghdad. SS (P)/SR 1