Two car bombs struck a disputed northern Iraqi city on Wednesday, part of a series of attacks across the country that left at least nine people including two children dead, officials said. According to AP, Kirkuk deputy police chief Maj. Gen. Torhan Abdul-Rahman Youssef said a parked car bomb went off in the city center at around 3:00 p.m., killing three civilians and wounded eight. An hour later, another parked bomb exploded in the same area and killed four more - two children and their parents - as they were traveling in a car nearby. The provincial health directorate chief, Sidiq Omar Rasool, confirmed the casualty figures. In the town of Tarmiyah, some 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of Baghdad, a suicide bomber rammed his motorcycle into a police patrol, killing two policemen and wounding eight people, a police official said. A medical official confirmed the casualty figures. Both spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to release information.
