Iraqi soldier killed in two explosions in Kirkuk

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: An Iraqi soldier has been killed in two explosive charges in northern Kirkuk‘s Tuz township on Tuesday, a Tuz police source said. “Two explosive charges blew up, pinpointed against an Iraqi Army checkpoint close to the Industrial district in Tuz township, some 80 km to the north of Kirkuk, seriously wounding one of its soldiers,” the source told IraqiNews.com News Agency, adding that the soldier has died on the way to the hospital. The oil-rich city of Kirkuk is 280 km to the northeast of Baghdad. SKH/SR 1