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KIRKUK, Iraq, Feb 19 (AFP) - 11h41 -
Unknown gunmen killed a Sunni Muslim sheikh in the northern Iraqi city of
Kirkuk on Saturday, police said.
"Sheikh Mullah Mohammed Rustom Kaka, leader of the
(Sunni) Kurdish Committee of Ulemas, was killed by
unknown gunfire aimed at his car in the east of
Kirkuk at 10:55 (0755 GMT)," said police General
Sherko Shaker Hakim.
The 58-year-old was involved with the Kurdistan
Democratic Party, police said.
The KDP is one of two major Kurdish parties in
northern Iraq, both of which had considerable
success in last month's historic elections,
unseating Sunni Arabs who held power in the region
under deposed leader Saddam Hussein.
A KDP representative in the city suggested that
Kirkuk "security forces and government officials"
were to blame.
He said that the sheikh "fought for the Kurdish
identity and the Kurdish personality of Kirkuk".
AFP
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