Young man dies in apparent self-inflicted shooting in Diyala, police say

BAQUBA, Iraq — A man in his twenties died after shooting himself with a Kalashnikov rifle at his home in the Al-Mafrak neighborhood of Baquba, the capital of Diyala province north of Baghdad, a local police source said. The source said the man was reported to have had psychological issues, though the circumstances surrounding the incident have not yet been clarified. The source said the man fired the weapon alone at the residence. Security forces who arrived at the scene transferred the body to the forensic medicine department. An investigation has been opened to determine the exact circumstances of the death. No official statement has been issued on a reported rise in similar cases in Diyala in recent weeks. Further details were not immediately available.