Gunmen shoot down communist Kurd’s brother

DIALA / IraqiNews.com: Unidentified gunmen shot down the brother of a leading member of Kamal Shakir’s Kurdistan Communist Party, inside a souk (market) in the district of al-Saadiya, Diala province, on Thursday, according to a party source. “The gunmen opened fire on 34-year-old Abdelrazeq Mohsen Ulwi, the brother of Nusseir Ulwi, who is the leader of the party in the Saadiya district branch, killing him instantly,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. Al-Saadiya is an area of the disputed Khanaqin district, 155 km northeast of Baaquba city. “The killed man and his brother had received death threats from the unknown organizations,” he added. Baaquba, the capital city of Diala, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad. AmR (P)/SR 1