PUK leader killed north of Kirkuk

Kirkuk-PUK KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: Unknown gunmen killed a leading figure of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan [PUK] under President Jalal Talabani, the chief of the local police said on Monday. “Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a member of the PUK, Subhi Hassan, in Jemen region, north of Kirkuk,” Brig. Sarhad Qader told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The gunmen also killed and injured two other men who were accompanying him,” he added. Kirkuk is 250 km northeast of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 1