2 Killed, 20 injured in Iraq's Kirkuk province

A booby-trapped car blast that took place in Hawija township of north Iraq's Kirkuk Province on Monday night, killed two persons, injured 20 others and caused huge material damage, Kirkuk Police Director said on Tuesday. "A booby-trapped car blew off on Monday night in a house in Hawija township, 65 km to the northwest of northern Iraq''s oil-rich city of Kirkuk, killing two persons, injuring 20 others, along with destroying the house of Mohammed Nasif Jassim, causing severe damage to shops and houses close to the venue of the explosion," Lt-Brigadier, Sarhad Qader told (Aswat al-Iraq) news agency. Qader said that inspection was going till early Tuesday, looking for victims of the explosion under the rubble, giving no further details. The oil-rich city of Kirkuk is 280 km to the northeast of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.