(KUNA) -- Two policemen were killed, another was wounded, on Tuesday in a blast that targeted a police patrol in Kirkuk, northern Iraq. An Iraqi Police source told KUNA that the blast took place near a market area, noting that a lieutenant colonel was wounded in the attack.In a related incident, a man, a woman, and a child were wounded when an explosive device targeted a Multi-National Force patrol near the Celebrations Square in Kirkuk. The source said a military vehicle was damaged in the blast, but did not touch on any human losses among members of the patrol.
Meanwhile, unknown gunmen opened fire on leader of Al-Abbadi tribe in the area of Domiz in Kirkuk, northern Iraq, killing him instantly. In another development, unknown gunmen abducted 45 civilian passengers on a road between Iraq and Syria.
Governor of Najaf Asaad Abu Kalal said in a press conference that unknown gunmen hijacked six busses transporting 45 residents of Najaf while returning from Syria. The source said the hostages were taken to an unknown destination and their fate remains unknown.