One killed, 6 detained southwest of Kirkuk

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: One person was killed and six others were arrested on Friday during a security operation waged by joint Iraqi-U.S. forces in southwest of Kirkuk, a security source said. “Iraqi police and army forces, backed by U.S. troops, launched a security operation in Bakara and al-Tariqiya villages in al-Huwaiyja district, southwest of Kirkuk, during which one person was killed and six were detained,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Investigation underway on the killing of the man during the operation,” Brigadier Sarhad Qader, chief of the local police, said. Kirkuk lies 250 km northeast of Baghdad. SH (P) 1