Physician injured in blast in Kirkuk

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: A physician was wounded on Monday when a roadside bomb went off in southern Kirkuk city. “The physician works for the Daqouk Hospital, 35 km southern Kirkuk,” a local security source told IraqiNews.com news agency. He did not mention further details, but noted that the blast damaged the physician’s car. The oil-rich city of Kirkuk lies 250 km northeast of Baghdad. MH (P) /SR 1