Gunmen kill trader in Kirkuk

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: Unknown gunmen shot and killed a trader from Baghdad in Kirkuk on Tuesday, a source from the joint coordination center said. “Four gunmen opened fire on a trader at 1:15pm on Tuesday (Nov. 2) in al-Shourga region near Omar bin al-Khattab mosque in northern Kirkuk, killing him on the spot,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The trader was passing Kirkuk on his way to Arbil,” he added. “A police force found at 12:30 pm an explosive charge near al-Shaheriya village in al-Riyadh district, southwest of Kirkuk,” the same source said, noting that the force defused it without damage. Kirkuk is 250 km northeast of Baghdad. SH (P) 2