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Senior Iraqi official assassinated in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, April 11 (KUNA) -- Unknown gunmen assassinated Wednesday the
Electricity Ministry's Director General for Projects Hashem Abdulrahman in
central Baghdad, Iraqi police said.
An Iraqi police source told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) unidentified gunmen
ambushed the senior official's vehicle in the Baghdad's Sulaikh area.
The official and his bodyguard, the source added, were shot dead. The
masked assassins escaped the scene of the crime.
Meanwhile, the US Army said in a statement that its forces killed a
"terrorist" and arrested 13 others during a five-day military operation in
Arab Jabbour area, south of Baghdad.(end)
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