Cop killed by gunmen in southern Kirkuk

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: An investigations officer has been killed by unknown gunmen in southern Kirkuk City, a local police chief said on Monday. “This afternoon, unknown gunmen opened fire on Lt. Col. Kamran Ali Ihsan in front of his house in al-Asra Wal Mafqodeen neighborhood, southern Kirkuk, killing him on the spot,” Brig. Sarhad Qadir told IraqiNews.com news agency. The officer, who worked in the investigations department in al-Muqdad police station, was attacked while he was heading back home, the official pointed out. Kirkuk, an oil-rich and mixed city of Kurds, Turkmen, Christians and Arabs, lies 250 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. SS (P) 2