2 killed, 6 injured in Kirkuk attacks

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: Two Iraqi citizens have been killed and six others injured in explosions that targeted against three houses in Kirkuk on Tuesday, the city’s Police Director said. “Three houses have been blown up, two of them, belonging to officers in Hawija district and the third of a local council member in al-Riyadh district, killing 2 persons and wounding 6 others, along with causing sever damage to the houses,” Lt. Brigadier, Sarhad Qader, told IraqiNews.com news agency. He said that “al-Qaeda fingerprints had been clear in this operation, because it had used the same method against security bodies in west Iraq’s Anbar Province.” Hawija is 65 km to the south of Kirkuk, whilst al-Riyadh is 45 km to the south of the city.   SKH (TS)/SR 704