Gunmen kill physician in Kirkuk

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: Unknown gunmen opened fire in central Kirkuk city targeting a physician, leaving him dead. “The gunmen were driving a car when they opened fire late yesterday night targeting the physician near his house in central Kirkuk,” a local police source told IraqiNews.com news agency on Monday. He explained that the physician died instantly. “The physician’s corpse was admitted to the city’s morgue, and an investigation is underway to learn more details about the incident,” the source added. The oil-rich city of Kirkuk lies 250 km northeast of Baghdad. MH (P)/SR 1