House of a Kirkuk Assistant Police Director blown up

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: The house of Kirkuk Province ’s Riyadh village’s Assistant Police Director, has been blown up by unknown gunmen, wounding him and his son, Kirkuk ’s Police Director on Tuesday night, Sarhad Qader reported on Wednesday.   “A group of unknown gunmen have blown up the house of Riyadh township’s Assistant Police Director, Colonel Qassim al-Ussafy, 45 km southwest of Kirkuk , wounding him and his son and causing severe damage to the house,” Colonel Qader told IraqiNews.com news agency.   The oil-rich city of Kirkuk is 280 km to the northeast of Baghdad .   SKH (PT)