Bomb injures 2 near Kirkuk

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: Two civilians on Tuesday were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off to the southwest of Kirkuk city, according to a local police chief. “This afternoon, an explosive charge detonated in al-Abbasi district (65 km southwest of Kirkuk city), wounding two civilians,” Brigadier Sarhad Qadir told IraqiNews.com news agency. The wounded were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, the official added. Kirkuk, an oil-rich and mixed city of Kurds, Turkmen, Christians and Arabs, lies 250 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. SS (P) 1