Urgent / Car bomb hits ranking officer in Kirkuk

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: A car bomb went off on Monday targeting a high ranking police officer in southwestern Kirkuk city. “The car bomb went off in the al-Wassiti neighborhood, southwestern Kirkuk, targeting Police Colonel Ahmed Shamirani,” a local police source told IraqiNews.com news agency. He did not mention further details, but noted that the blast caused a number of injuries including Shamirani. The oil-rich city of Kirkuk lies 250 km northeast of Baghdad. MH (P)/SR 1