Civilian killed in Kirkuk

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: One civilian was killed Wednesday by gunmen in southern Kirkuk, according to a senior police official. “Unknown gunmen killed a civilian this afternoon (Oct. 21) in al-Asra neighborhood in southern Kirkuk using a gun with silencer inside his store,” Brig. Sarhad Qader, the Kirkuk Districts’ Police Department (KDPD), told IraqiNews.com news agency. The oil-rich Kirkuk, a city of mixed Arab, Kurdish and Turkmen population, lies 250 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 1