Kirkuk Church damaged by explosion

KIRKUK / A Christian Catholic Church has been damaged by an explosion in central Kirkuk on Sunday night, according to a Kirkuk Police source on Monday.   “An explosive charge blew off behind the Christian Catholic Sirian Church in central Kirkuk on Sunday night, causing damage to the church and its surrounding houses,” the police source told IraqiNews.com news agency on Monday.   Noteworthy is that a booby-trapped car blew off on 2/8/2011 against the “Sacred Family Church” in central Kirkuk’s Shaturlu district, wounding 14 persons, including children and causing huge damage to the church and its surrounding houses.   The oil-rich northern Iraq ’s city of Kirkuk is 280 km to the north of Baghdad .   SKH (ST)