Iraqi boy killed by gunmen aiming for his father

[February 04, 2011]  BAGHDAD (AP) -- A police chief in northern Iraq says the 8-year-old son of a local anti-terrorism chief was killed in a food market by gunmen aiming for his father.

Tuz Khormato police chief Col. Hussein Rasheed said Friday that the target of the shooting was the chief of the city's anti-terrorism security squads. The father and two of his other children were wounded in the Thursday night shooting. The gunmen fled. Later, at a hospital, the 8-year-old died of his wounds. Tuz Khormato is 130 miles (210 kilometers) north of Baghdad. [Associated Press] Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.