Elderly man hung in his house in Kirkuk

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: Iraqi police forces on Wednesday found an elderly man dead after he was hung in his house in southwestern Kirkuk city. “The victim was 82 years old,” a local security source told IraqiNews.com news agency. He noted that the deceased man was a retired citizen. “The dead body was found based on intelligence tip offs about a crime that had occured inside a house within the area,” the source explained. He did not mention further details. The oil-rich city of Kirkuk lies 250 km northeast of Baghdad. MH (P)/SR 3