IED kills 3 workers in Kirkuk

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: Three workers on Saturday were killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) in southern Kirkuk province, according to a local police chief. “Today, three workers were killed and two others were wounded when an explosive device went off near their vehicle while they were heading to work between Taza district and al-Basheer village (20 km south of Kirkuk city),” Brig. Sarhad Qadir told IraqiNews.com news agency. 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