Iraqi citizen killed, two others injured in Kirkuk blast

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: An Iraqi civilian has been killed and two others were injured in an explosive charge blast west of northern Iraq ’s oil-rich city of Kirkuk on Thursday, Kirkuk ’s Police Director reported.   “A rocket was launched on the house of Police Officer, Colonel Imad Murshid in a village close to al-Riyadh township, 45 km to the southwest of Kirkuk, causing severe damage to the house, but no human casualties,” Lt-Brigadier, Sarhad Qader told IraqiNews.com news agency.   He said that an explosive charge blew off against a police patrol, when an al-Riyadh police patrol arrived at the venue of the house attack, killing a civilian and wounding 2 others, but none of the police patrol men was injured.   The oil-rich city of Kirkuk is 280 km to the northeast of Kirkuk .   SKH (ST) .   793