An employee of North Iraq's Oil Company has been killed in an explosive charge blast under his car, whilst a policeman has been injured in a motorbyle blast south of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk on Thursday morning, the city's Police Director reported on Thursday.

"An employee in the North Oil Company has been killed in an explosive charge that blew off under his car in the Zab township, 80 km to the southwest of Kirkuk," Lt. Brigadier, Sarhad Qader said.

He said that the victim, called Mustapha Mutlaq Saleh, was coming out of his house on his way for work, when an explosive charge blew off when he drove is pick-up, killing him on the spot an destroying his car.