2 IED blasts leave policeman killed, 4 wounded in Kirkuk

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: Two improvised explosive devices went off in southern Kirkuk on Sunday, leaving a policeman killed and four others from another police patrol wounded, a security source in the city said. “An IED went off today near a patrol of al-Orouba police in al-Hajjaj neighborhood, southern Kirkuk, killing a policeman and causing severe damage to the patrol vehicle,” the source told IraqiNews.com. “Another IED went off right after a second patrol arrived at the scene of the blast to back up the first patrol, leaving four patrolmen wounded,” the source said, not revealing more details about the incidents. Kirkuk lies 250 km north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. AmR (P) 1