Aftermath of roadside bomb explosion which injures at least 5

(14 May 2006) 1. Targeted police car with police officials around 2. Various of damaged police car with blood stain visible 3. Police searching interior car with damage and blood 4. Iraqi police and US soldiers 5. Sign reading ''Kirkuk General Hospital'' 6. Doctor treating an injured policeman 7. Woman fanning an injured policeman with bandage on his face 8. Wide shot injured policemen on bed STORYLINE: A roadside bomb exploded late on Saturday night next to an Iraqi police patrol in Kirkuk in northern Iraq, injuring eight police officers - three of them critically - police said. The three critically injured policemen were taken to a hospital in Erbil while the other five injured were transferred to Kirkuk General Hospital for treatment. Meanwhile the death toll in the capital Baghdad rose to at least 26 in a day of escalating violence, officials said. Attacks targeting Iraqi security troops have recently escalated with the aim of destabilising Iraq's newly re-formed security services. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...