Civilian body found south of Kirkuk

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: Police forces on Wednesday found a body of one of the four civilians who had been kidnapped in south of Kirkuk, the chief of the local police said. “The forces on Wednesday morning (March 4) found the body of Mohamed Shaheen, one of the four civilians who had been kidnapped eight days ago, near Daqouq district in south of Kirkuk,” Brigadier Sarhad Qader told IraqiNews.com news agency. “His Father is the editor-in-chief of al-Faisal newspaper in Kirkuk,” he added. Last February 25, unknown gunmen kidnapped four civilians, three of them are employees of the North Oil Company while on their way back home in al-Rashad district. Two of the kidnapped people have been released. Kirkuk is 250 km north of Baghdad. SH (P) 1