Saturday, September 21, 2024

Baghdad

Civilian found slain in Kirkuk

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: One civilian on Tuesday was slaughtered by unknown gunmen in Kirkuk city, according to a local security source. “Today, unknown gunmen slaughtered Sabah Aziz Sulayman, a retiree, inside his house in al-Wassiti neighborhood, southwestern Kirkuk, before they fled to an unknown destination,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The body of Sulayman, a Christian, was taken to the morgue in Kirkuk,” the source added. Kirkuk, an oil-rich and mixed city of Kurds, Turkmen, Christians and Arabs, lies 250 km north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. SS (P) 1