Two soldiers killed, two others injured in Kirkuk blast

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: Two Iraqi soldiers have been killed and two others injured in an explosive charge blast against their patrol in northern Iraq ’s oil-rich city of Kirkuk on Friday evening, a Kirkuk police officer said.   “An explosive charge blew off against an Iraqi Army patrol close to al-Rashad township, 35 km to the southwest of Kirkuk on Friday night,” Kirkuk Police Director, Sarhad Qader told IraqiNews.com news agency.   He said the explosion killed 2 of the patrol’s soldiers and wounded 2 others, causing material damage to one of the patrol’s vehicles.   Kirkuk is 280 km to the north of Baghdad .   SKH (PT) 638