PUK official shot dead in Diala

DIALA / IraqiNews.com: An official from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), led by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, has been shot dead by unknown gunmen in northeast Iraq’s Diala Province on Monday, a PUK spokesman reported.   “A group of unknown gunmen opened fire on an official from the PUK in Saadiya township, 155 km to the northeast of the city of Baaquba, the center of Diala Province, killing him on the spot,” the spokesman said.   Baaquba, the center of Diala Province, is 57 km to the northeast of Baghdad.   SKH (TP)/SR 641