KIRKUK: A car bomb near Kirkuk city at the headquarters of Iraq's North Oil Company killed seven people and wounded 17 others on Sunday, a high-ranking police officer and a doctor said.
The bomb exploded about 7:30 am (0430 GMT) in a car park at the rear gate of the state-owned North Oil Company, which is about 15 kilometres (nine miles) from the northern city of Kirkuk, the police officer said.
The blast killed seven people who were seeking to join a force that guards oil facilities, and wounded 17 others, the officer said, a toll confirmed by Dr
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