On Thursday, 27th of November 2008, at about 4.30 pm. Mr. Abdulamir Huseyin Bektaş was a member of the Turkmen Municipal Council of Tuz Khurmato and Mr. Talib Ali was a member of the Supreme Islamic Council Representative in the village of Yengejeh which 4km west of Tuz Khormatu were assassinated by unknown gunmen.
They died after their car was sprayed with bullets while they were leaving the Yengejeh village heading towards the Turkmen district of Tuz Khormatu.
Their bodies were taken immediately to Tuz Khormatu hospital for identification. Then their bodies were transferred to Kirkuk for carrying out a post-mortem examination.
In the meantime another set of unidentified gunmen cut off the road and seized a bus carrying workers travelling home from the poultry field which is located about 10 kilometres north of the of Tuz Khormatu. The gunmen immediately shot the bus driver and a worker. Both victims were Arabs from the district of Suleyman Bag.
The gunmen were chased by the police and they were surrounded in a rural area near the village of Albu Sabah which is located about 5 km north of the district of Tuz Khurmato. Later on a statement was released by the chief police of Tuz Khormatu, Colonel Hussein Ali Rashid, “After an exchange of fire between the two parties, one of the gunmen blew himself up and the other terrorist was shot by the police. The rest of the terrorists managed to escape and 3 policemen were injured as a result”