Iraqi archbishop 'not afraid' after attack on his residence

(January 13, 2013) Gunmen shooting at guards keeping watch over the archbishop's residence in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk triggered a firefight in which two of the three gunmen died and five policemen were wounded. One gunman was arrested. Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Louis Sako told Vatican Radio that he had just returned home from a parish visit before the drive-by attack on Wednesday. Police nearby intervened as well, the archbishop said. After the shooting, the archbishop said he immediately went to the scene to bolster the spirits of guards and bystanders. "We are not afraid," he said but lamented there's no order or control in the country. Archbishop Sako said he believes the gunmen had the wrong target. Police suspect the attackers were targeting a member of the Iraqi parliament who lives next to the archbishop's house and whose home also was attacked Jan. 8, according to the Rome-based AsiaNews.