Police detonate bomb in Kirkuk

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: An explosive device, placed inside a car, was detonated by police forces in central Kirkuk on Monday,” a senior police source said. “A force from the Azadi police found on Monday an improvised explosive device hidden inside a vehicle of a local company inside Kirkuk,” Colonel Bieson Mohamed told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Anti-bombs squad could not defuse it, and forced to detonate it, setting the vehicle ablaze,” he added. Kirkuk lies 250 km northeast of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 1