KIRKUK / Aswat al-Iraq: Two cops were injured by a bomb blast south of Kirkuk, police sources said here.

The source told Aswat al-Iraq that an emergency patrol unit found a bomb near a mosque, south of the city.

Anti-bombs squad arrived, but the bomb exploded by itself which resulted in injuring two cops.

No other details were given.

Kirkuk city lies 280 km north east of the capital, Baghdad.