Karbala Police forces kill gunman, wound another in clashes
(VOI)- Police forces in the Shiite holy city of Karbala killed a gunman and wounded another in clashes that broke out at a district just outside the city, police chief said on Saturday. The clashes erupted last night in al-Hussayniya district, 20 km north of Karbala, while police forces were about to arrest two gunmen involved in killing a policeman, Major-General Raed Shawkat, told Aswat al-Iraq- Voices of Iraq- (VOI). The police chief added the one-hour-long clashes left a gunman dead and the other wounded. Investigations are under way to know the parties behind those gunmen and the motives of killing the policeman, Shawkat concluded.
Posted by: Fred 2008-05-25 |