(KUNA) -- Three Iraqis were killed and a citizen was abducted Monday in unrelated incidents in Kirkuk city in northern Iraq. A police source told KUNA that a bomb planted in a car at the Wahed Huzayran (first of June) area exploded in Kikruk. The explosion resulted in the death of two and the injury of a civilian who was sent to Kirkuk Public Hospital for treatment.In another incident, masked gunmen shot dead a civilian in Al-Hurriya area. Masked gunmen also abducted a citizen in Al-Wehda neighborhood in Kirkruk.
Meanwhile in Baghdad, six Iraqi soldiers were killed in Dayali province north of the capital, said a security source today. The source added that masked gunmen attacked a security checkpoint in Balaad Rose in Dayali killing six soldiers and injuring 15 others.
A joint Iraqi police and military force captured four insurgents in Kora Tapeh town. The arrest came after a short clash between the forces and the insurgents.