Saturday, September 21, 2024

Baghdad

2 cops wounded in attack on polling center

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: Two policemen on Wednesday were killed in an armed attack on a polling center in Touz Khormato district, according to a security source. “Unknown gunmen opened fire on an electoral center in Touz Khormato district (80 km south of Kirkuk), killing two police personnel, including an officer,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “An investigation is currently underway,” the source added. Kirkuk, an oil-rich and mixed city of Kurds, Turkmen, Christians and Arabs, lies 250 km northeast of the capital Baghdad. SS (P)/SR 1