Gunman kills civilian in Kirkuk

January 28, 2009 - 09:45:12

KIRKUK / Aswat al-Iraq: A civilian was killed on Wednesday by an unknown gunman in northern Kirkuk, a senior police officer said.

“An unidentified gunman shot and killed a civilian inside his store in al-Shourga neighborhood in northern Kirkuk,” Colonel Bisto Mohamed told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

Meanwhile, a police source said that another civilian was injured when a bomb exploded targeting an Iraqi army vehicle patrol in Touz Khormato, south of Kirkuk.

Kirkuk is 250 km north of Baghdad.

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