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Policeman killed in northern Iraq
May 22, 2008, 16:53 GMT
Baghdad - An Iraqi policeman was killed by unidentified gunmen Thursday while four armed men were arrested separately in Kirkuk, 250 kilometres north of Baghdad, a source in the Iraqi police said.
The source said the gunmen ran away after shooting the policeman.
A police force raided the al-Nasr district in Kirkuk and arrested four 'terrorists,' the source said.
'Two of them are followers of the al-Qaeda terrorist network, while the other two belong to the al-Naqshabandiya armed group,' the source added.
The Al-Naqshabandiya group operates in Kirkuk city and areas nearby and was formed in late 2006. It is said to follow the late Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's vice president Izat al-Dori.
The source said the police force seized a car, explosives and documents belonging to the two terrorist groups.
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