Suicide car bomb injures four near Kirkuk

A suicide car bomb exploded at a checkpoint manned by Sunni tribesmen in northern Iraq today, wounding four of the men, police said.

The attack took place around 11am near Hawija, about 30 miles south-west of Kirkuk. The area, long a Sunni militant stronghold, has seen an increase in violence as militants flee northwards away from US-Iraqi offensives around Baghdad and its surrounding belts.