Bomb kills one and wounds 14 in Iraq's Kirkuk

KIRKUK (Reuters) - At least one woman was killed and 14 people including women and children were wounded when a bomb exploded in the ethnically-mixed Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk, the military said. The improvised explosive device went off near a mosque in a crowded market area in the evening, a peak shopping time A second explosive device went off near a coffee shop, injuring one man, the military said. A missile was also fired at a school but there were no casualties, a military statement said. Tensions are high in Kirkuk, where the results of a parliamentary election in May are being disputed by the Turkmen and Arab communities after a Kurdish party appeared to have won. The central government recaptured the city and its oil fields along with other areas in northern Iraq claimed by both Baghdad and the Kurds following an offensive launched in retaliation for a Kurdish independence referendum.