BAGHDAD, March 25 (Xinhua) -- A policeman was killed and four other people were wounded Wednesday when a bomb exploded in Iraq's northern province of Kirkuk, local police said.
The incident occurred in the morning when a bomb planted near the house of a leader of Iraq's paramilitary Popular Mobilization Forces detonated in the town of Daquq, Lieutenant Colonel Yassin al-Obaidi of the Kirkuk provincial police told Xinhua.
The blast resulted in the killing of a policeman and the injury of another, al-Obaidi said, adding that a civilian and a municipal worker were also wounded.
The attacks occurred amid heightened regional tensions following joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran starting on Feb. 28. Iran and its regional allies have responded with attacks on Israeli and U.S. interests across the Middle East.
