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IED blast, mortar attack in Kirkuk

November 21, 2008 - 06:04:36

KIRKUK / Aswat al-Iraq: An improvised explosive device (IED) went off in eastern Kirkuk on Friday while a mortar shell dropped on al-Ihtifalat square southwest of the city, a senior security official said.

“An IED emplaced under the vehicle of a local resident went off in Shoqaq al-Ghaz, eastern Kirkuk, but left no casualties,” Brig. Sarhad Qader, the chief of the Kirkuk Districts’ Police Department, told Aswat al-Iraq.

“In al-Ihtifalat square, southwest of Kirkuk, a mortar shell was fired but left no casualties either,” Qader said.

He did not give more details.

The oil-rich city of Kirkuk lies 250 km north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

AmR (P)

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