| (VOI) - A senior police officer was killed and four of his bodyguards were wounded in a bomb explosion in central Kirkuk, the city's districts police chief said on Monday. "An improvised explosive device went off this afternoon targeting the motorcade of Colonel Khabat Hamma Gharieb, deputy chief of al-Urouba police department, in al-Kournish street in central Kirkuk, killing him on the spot," Brig. Sarhad Qader told Aswat al-Iraq -- Voices of Iraq -- (VOI). "Four of his bodyguards were wounded in the explosion and were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment," he added. |