(KUNA) -- Three Iraqi soldiers were killed, three others were wounded on Thursday when a military checkpoint came under attack in Kirkuk, northern Iraq. Chief of Aqdhiya Police in Kirkuk Brigadier Sarhad Qader told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that unknown gunmen opened fire on a checkpoint in western Kirkuk, killing three Iraqi soldiers and wounding three others.In another attack, unknown gunmen assassinated Chief of Police Mahmoud Abdulaziz in Al-Wasiti neighborhood. The source added that another policeman was wounded when he came under gunmen fire and was transported to hospital for treatment.
Iraqi Police in Azadi found an unidentified women's dead body in the area of Barod Khanah, noting that the body was shot and burned.
Meanwhile, four Iraqis were killed, among them was a policeman, and seven others were wounded in two separate bomb attacks in Kirkuk. An Iraqi Police source told KUNA that an explosive device went off targeting an Iraqi police patrol in the area of Arafah in central Kirkuk, killing two Iraqis and wounding seven civilians. After the blast, the source added, an explosive-laden car parked on the side of the road exploded after policemen and civilians gathered at the site. The blast killed one policeman and a civilian, and damaged three cars and a police vehicle. The Iraqi Police and the Multi-National Force executed a burst and search campaign in eastern Kirkuk and arrested a number of gunmen.