Police targeted in Iraq attack

Roadside bomb kills at least three policemen and wounds four in Kirkuk.

Map of Iraq showing Baghdad and Kirkuk

Kirkuk, located at least 250km north of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad has a mixed population of Arabs, Kurds and Turkmen and violence there is common.

Long-standing Kurdish demands for the city to be incorporated into their autonomous region have fanned ethnic tensions.

Source: News Agencies