Monday, September 23, 2024

Baghdad

Unidentified body found in Kirkuk

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: Policemen in Kirkuk found an unidentified body in the southwestern part of the province on Saturday, a senior security official said. “Forces from the Kirkuk Districts’ Police Department today found a body of a 30-year-old young man in Tobzawa area, (25 km) southwestern Kirkuk,” Brig. Sarhad Qader, the department chief, told IraqiNews.com. “The body, probably remained in its place for five days, showed signs of having been shot and was in a decomposed status,” he added. Meanwhile, Qader said, policemen today also seized an amount of weapons buried under ground near the district of Daqquq, (35 km) south of Kirkuk. The city of Kirkuk lies 250 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. AmR (P) 1