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Three bombs kill 2, wound 15 in Iraq's Kirkuk


    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Three car bombs killed two people and wounded 15 others in Iraq's oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk on Wednesday, police sources said.

    The sources said the first blast targeted an Iraqi police official, while the second explosion was aimed at a police patrol. The third bomb went off outside a building used by Kurdish security forces, police said.

    Kirkuk is 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad.

    (Reporting by Mustafa Mahmoud; Writing by Serena Chaudhry)