Three dead in Kirkuk car bombing

The deadly aftermath of a car bomb in Iraq.

Police said the blast in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk killed at least three civilians and wounded another nine.

The attack targeted a judge's convoy as he made his way to a courthouse in central Kirkuk.

The judge and two of his body guards were wounded.

The bomb also set several market shops ablaze.

The Iraqi government and officials from the autonomous Kurdish region are engaged in a simmering row over oil exports and control of the city.

Jessica Gray, Reuters