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Three Iraqis killed, two policemen wounded in Mosul, Kirkuk blasts

IRBIL, July 26 (KUNA) -- Three civilians were killed and two Iraqi policemen were wounded in two explosions in the northern cities of Mosul and Kirkuk on Saturday.
A Mosul police source told KUNA that a bomb blew up in a civilian vehicle in the southern part of the city, killing three civilians.
Meanwhile a Kirkuk police source said that a bomb targeted an Iraqi police patrol in the southern district of the city, injuring two policemen who were on board.
The same source added that the Iraqi Army arrested today seven individuals suspected of belonging to the organization of the Islamic State of Iraq, considered a terrorist organization, in an operation in southern Kirkuk.
Police seized a number of weapons and explosives in the operation, the source added. (end) sbr.lb KUNA 261111 Jul 08NNNN