(KUNA) -- Two dead bodies were found on Friday, one of them is for a child, in the city of Kirkuk, northern Iraq. Iraqi Police sources told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that police patrols in Azadi area found a dead body in a prayer hall in Abu Allouk graveyard, noting that the dead body is for an unidentified two-year old child.The sources also said that an Iraqi Police patrol found an unidentified, beheaded body on a road in Wasety neighborhood in Kirkuk city.
Meanwhile, the death toll of the Thursday blast nearby the Kirkuk city hall increased to six deaths and 18 injuries, all of them are civilians, in addition to damaging 17 civilian cars.
Meanwhile, a joint Iraqi-US force continued search operations to hunt down gunmen in the areas of Hwaijah and Riyadh, southwestern Kirkuk. The Iraqi forces arrested 11 suspects in Riyadh and seized 30 Kalashnikovs and other weapons and explosives. The forces also arrested 17 suspects and seized 16 Kalashnikovs, rocket-propelled grenades, and materials used in preparing explosives. The search operations were requested by tribal leaders in Hwaijah and Riyadh due to the increasing armed operations in these areas.