(KUNA) -- An Iraqi police officer was injured when a booby-trapped vehicle blew up targeting a passing police patrol in the center of Kirkuk in northern Iraq, an Interior ministry source said. The injured policeman was wisked off to a hospital for treatment.Investigations are taking place to know the reasons behind the explosion and to put plans in order to establish security in the city, the source said. Kirkuk witnessed five booby-trapped car explosions yesterday killing at least 14 individuals and injuring 41 others, most of them civilians. The police were able to diffuse the sixth bomb.
Kirkuk's governor Abdulrahman Mustafa held a meeting today to investigate the reasons for the explosions yesterday, a statement by the province of Kirkuk said. The meeting was attended by senior security officials and multinational forces including Lieutenant Colonel Barry Johnson, who is in charge of police affairs in Kirkuk, it said.