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Policeman wounded in Kirkuk attack

August 8, 2009 - 07:00:26

KIRKUK / Aswat al-Iraq: One cop has been wounded in an armed attack in Kirkuk City, according to a source from the Joint Coordination Center.

“During a late hour on Friday evening, unknown gunmen opened fire on a bomb squad policeman in Baroud Khana area, northern Kirkuk,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
“The gunmen have fled to an unknown destination,” the source noted.

Kirkuk, an oil-rich and mixed city of Kurds, Turkmen, Christians and Arabs, lies 250 northeast of Baghdad.

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