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District chief in Kirkuk killed |
2010-08-09 |
KIRKUK / Aswat al-Iraq: Unidentified gunmen shot dead the director of al-Multaqa district in Kirkuk province and wounded two of his bodyguards on Sunday, according to a senior security official. “The director of al-Multaqa district, southwest of Kirkuk, Abdulkareem Nassif Jassem, was killed and two of his bodyguards wounded when gunmen opened fire on them today (Aug. 8),” Brig. Sarhad Qader, the chief of the Kirkuk Districts’ Police Department (KDPD), told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “Initial investigations into the incident showed that there was no act of terrorism involved,” Qader added. |
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