IED explodes in Kirkuk without casualties

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: An improvised explosive device went off Tuesday in Kirkuk, without leaving casualties, while another bomb was found in the province, a source from the joint coordination center in Kirkuk said. “An explosive charge went off targeting a civilian car of Sahwa fighters near the airport intersection in the southwest of Kirkuk, without leaving casualties,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “A patrol of Sahwa fighters in al-Huwaiyja district in southwest of Kirkuk found a bomb near Umm Kaseir village in the district,” the same source said, noting that the Sahwa defused it. Kirkuk is 250 km northeast of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 1