Civilian shot down by gunmen fire near Kirkuk

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: A civilian man was shot dead by gunmen fire northwest of Kirkuk on Friday, according to the Kirkuk Districts’ Police Department (KDPD) chief. “Unidentified gunmen opened fire at a house in the village of Bibani al-Kabir, al-Toun Kobri district, (35 km) northwest of Kirkuk, killing a man inside,” Brig. Sarhad Qader told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The Toun police later nabbed three persons believed to have been involved in the incident and are now under investigative custody,” Qader added. He did not give further details. The oil-rich Kirkuk, a city of mixed Arab, Kurdish and Turkmen population, lies 250 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. AmR (P) 2