Suspect arrested southwest of Kirkuk

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: Policemen arrested on Monday a suspected gunman in southwest of Kirkuk, a source from the joint coordination center said. “A force from the Kirkuk Districts’ Police Department on early Monday (May 3) waged a crackdown operation in Hitien neighborhood in al-Huweija district, southwest of Kirkuk, where a suspected gunman was arrested,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. He did not add more details. The oil-rich Kirkuk, a city of mixed Turkmen, Arab and Kurdish population, lies 250 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. SH (P) 3