Police detonate bomb in Kirkuk

January 26, 2009 - 05:24:54

KIRKUK / Aswat al-Iraq: An explosive device, placed inside a car, was detonated by police forces in central Kirkuk on Monday,” a senior police source said.
“A force from the Azadi police found on Monday an improvised explosive device hidden inside a vehicle of a local company inside Kirkuk,” Colonel Bieson Mohamed told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
“Anti-bombs squad could not defuse it, and forced to detonate it, setting the vehicle ablaze,” he added.
Kirkuk lies 250 km northeast of Baghdad.

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