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| Snuffies off PUK in Kirkuk |
| 2006-06-04 |
| Gunmen killed a member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), which is led by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, in Kirkuk, northern Iraq, on Saturday. A PUK source told KUNA that the assailants were riding a vehicle when they opened fire at Delshad Othman Abdullah, member of the PUK's Kirkuk committee. Police have launched an investigation on the assassination. Meanwhile, Iraqi police said they found a body in northern Kirkuk while gunmen kidnapped an Iraqi civilian south of the city. A police source told KUNA that a dead man in his mid thirties was found lying on the street on Kirkuk-Dibs road. The man's body had received several shot wounds to his head and shoulder. Separately Iraqi farmer Amid Mohammed Jumaa was kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Bashir village southern Kirkuk, the source added. |
| Posted by:Fred |