Don’t flee Kirkuk, Iraqi Christians are urged - by Gerald Butt
Christian families living in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk have been urged to remain there, despite the murder of three members of the minority community last week. Security sources said that gunmen broke into a home in a southern district of the city and shot dead two Christian women. In a separate attack in the same area, one man was killed and two were wounded in a shooting in their home. Last autumn, in a spate of attacks on Christians living in the northern city of Mosul, 15 Christians were killed. Their deaths prompted dozens of families to leave the city. Only when police and army reinforcements were deployed did the exodus gradually stop. The Governor of Kirkuk, Abdul Rahman Mustafa, said that security in the city was being reinforced to deter the intimidation of Christians. “We will not stand with our hands behind our backs. We will pursue the wicked people who are trying to stir sectarian strife in Kirkuk. I’m asking Christian families not to fall for this ploy.”
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