3 unidentified bodies found in Kirkuk

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: Policemen found three unidentified bodies in southern and central Kirkuk on Saturday, according to a source from the city’s Joint Coordination Center (JCC). “Two of the bodies were found inside a house under construction in al-Qadissiya neighborhood, southern Kirkuk. Investigations showed that they were of two young men 18-20 years old,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “A third body was found in the area of Musala, near a cemetery in central Kirkuk. It was of a young man in his 20s,” he said. “All the bodies had their hands tied and showed signs of having been shot,” the source added. The oil-rich Kirkuk, a city of mixed Kurdish, Arab and Turkmen population, lies 250 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. AmR (TP)/SR 323