100 mortar shells found north of Kirkuk

Kirkuk-Shells KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: Police patrols on Monday found a stockpile of ammunitions, containing 100 mortar shells in the north of Kirkuk, a senior police officer said. “Police patrols found on Monday afternoon (Jan. 5) a large depot in Shawan region in the north of Kirkuk,” Brigadier Sarhad Qader told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The cache contains 100 mortar shells,” he added. Kirkuk is located 250 km northeast of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 1