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Kurdish official killed in clash over power cuts in Iraq
Sep 1, 2010, 8:57 GMT
Kirkuk - An official from Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan was killed in a dispute over electricity Wednesday in the northern city of Kirkuk, police said.
Ichneh Mohiuddin Hussen, was shot dead by gunmen who attacked a power station owned by his son, Amanj Mohiuddin. A relative was injured in the attack.
Two men, identified as a policeman and his brother and armed with Kalashnikov automatic rifles, attacked the power station because generators were not turned on as scheduled, police said.
Power cuts in the city of Kirkuk have extended for 20 hours each day amidst soaring summer temperatures.
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