One killed, nine injured in Iraq bombings

At least one person was killed and nine wounded in separate bomb attacks in Iraq's Kirkuk province on Sunday, Xinhua reported.

At least one person was killed and nine wounded in separate bomb attacks in Iraq's Kirkuk province on Sunday, Xinhua reported.

A roadside bomb struck a police convoy in Kirkuk city, some 250 km from Baghdad, killing a policeman and injuring two others, including the police chief, said a provincial police source.

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In another incident, a roadside bomb went off near a police patrol in central Kirkuk, wounding five policemen and two passers-by, the source added.

Oil-rich Kirkuk province has long been a hotbed of insurgency since the US-led invasion in 2003.

Kirkuk, the centre of Iraq's oil industry, is connected by pipelines to ports on the Mediterranean Sea.