3 children killed in Kirkuk blast

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: Three children were killed on Sunday when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in southwestern Kirkuk city on Sunday, an Iraqi police source said. “The IED rocked al-Khadraa neighborhood, southwestern Kirkuk, killing three children,” the source told IraqiNews.com, not giving more details. The oil-rich city of Kirkuk lies 250 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. AmR (P)/SR 1