Child street vendors killed in blast

A BOMB exploded outside a bank in the northern city of Kirkuk yesterday, killing at least 22 people, including child street vendors and pensioners waiting for their checks.

In Baghdad, the bodies of 24 men killed in ambushes were brought to a hospital.

A suicide car bomber also rammed his vehicle into an Iraqi army checkpoint, killing five soldiers and wounding two others in Kan'an, about 48 kilometres north of Baghdad, Iraqi Army Col Ismael Ibrahim said. Two civilians were also wounded.