Explosion kills four policemen in Kirkuk; eight injured
{{date|March 20, 2005}}
[[Image:Flag of Iraq.svg|180px|right|Explosion kills four policemen in Kirkuk; eight injured]]
Four policemen are dead and eight people are injured, after a roadside explosion in {{w|Kirkuk}}, [[Iraq]] earlier today, according to Lieutenant Colonel Yadkar Muhammad.

The officers had just attended a funeral for a fellow officer, who had been killed on Friday by gunmen after another roadside explosion.

The {{w|US}} military had no information about today's explosion.

Hundreds of policemen have been killed since the start of the US-led {{w|war in Iraq}}.

==Sources==

*{{source|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_20-3-2005_pg7_41
|title=Roadside explosion kills four policemen at Kirkuk funeral
|author=
|pub=Daily Times
|date=March 20, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=88084
|title=Three policemen killed in Iraq
|author={{w|United Press International|UPI}}
|pub=New Kerala
|date=March 20, 2005}}

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Explosion kills four policemen in Kirkuk; eight injured
Four policemen are dead and eight people are injured, after a roadside explosion in , Iraq earlier today, according to Lieutenant Colonel Yadkar Muhammad.

The officers had just attended a funeral for a fellow officer, who had been killed on Friday by gunmen after another roadside explosion.

The  military had no information about today's explosion.

Hundreds of policemen have been killed since the start of the US-led .

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