Gunmen wound cop in Kirkuk

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: A policeman on Sunday was seriously wounded when armed men opened fire on him in Kirkuk city, according to a local police chief. “On Sunday, unknown gunmen opened fire on a police lieutenant on his way back home near al-Asdiqaa gas station in al-Wassity neighborhood, southwestern Kirkuk,” Brig. Sarhad Qadir told Iraqi News. The cop was badly wounded and was immediately taken to the hospital, the official noted. Kirkuk, an oil-rich and mixed city of Kurds, Turkmen, Christians and Arabs, lies 250 km northeast of Baghdad. SS (P) 1