Urgent – 37 persons killed, injured in Kirkuk

Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) About 37 persons were killed and injured in Kirkuk province when a suicide bomber detonated himself in a mosque in Kirkuk.

A security source stated to Iraqi News (IraqiNews.com) “The explosion took place in a mosque in the 1st of March area resided by the Arab Community in Kirkuk to result in killing seven citizens and injuring 30 others.”

“The explosion happened when the citizens where performing their prayer,” he added, noting that “the security forces hurried to the explosion area and transferred the injuries to the hospital and the dead to the morgue.”