At least 5 people were killed and 36 injured on Thursday during an explosion in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, police source said.

A wounded man is treated in a hospital in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, where an explosion occured, killing 5 people and injured 36 on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009. [Xinhua/AFP Photo]

A car bomb was detonated near a restaurant in Rehim Awo, northern district of Kirkuk, some 250 kilometers north of Baghdad. The blast killed 5 and wounded at least 36 people.

Sporadic attacks continue in Iraqi cities despite the U.S. and Iraqi officials announced a relative lull in violence during the past months.

A wounded man is treated in a hospital in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, where an explosion occured, killing 5 people and injured 36 on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009. [Xinhua/AFP Photo]

(Xinhua News Agency August 7, 2009)