Several explosions were heard in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk. (AFP) Updated 15 sec ago Reuters July 18, 2018 19:21 115 The cause of the blasts was not clear BAGHDAD: Several roadside bombs and mortar rounds wounded 11 people in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk on Wednesday, witnesses said. A police official said the bombs had targeted a commercial district of the city. Security forces in Iraq have largely defeated Daesh militants, removing them from Mosul and other cities and towns. But the hard-line Sunni militant group still carries out attacks near Kirkuk and some other parts of the country.