Joint force arrests 2 wanted men, suspect in Kirkuk

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: Two wanted men and one suspected gunman were arrested on Thursday in southwest Kirkuk, according to the KDPD chief. “Police and army forces waged in the small hours of Thursday morning (Nov. 12) a security operation in al-Huwaiyja district, southwest of Kirkuk, where they arrested two wanted men and one suspected gunman,” Brig. Sarhad Qader told IraqiNews.com news agency. He did not give any further details. 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