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Police kill armed insurgent in northern Iraqi city

IRBIL, Oct 2 (KUNA) -- Iraqi police have shot dead an armed insurgent and two others suffered injuries in a separate incident in the northern city of Kirkuk, police said.
A police source said an army position located in the western part of Kirkuk was attacked by gunmen using automatic guns and rocket-propelled grandes (RPGs). The troops retaliated for the attack, killing a gunman and damaging a vehicle for the attackers.
A mortar shell crashed into a soccer stadium wounding two civilians. Separately, gunmen shot dead a civilian southwest of Kirkuk. (end) sbr.rk KUNA 021422 Oct 07NNNN