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BAGHDAD, Dec 11 (KUNA) -- Unknown attackers have assassinated manager of
Al-Rashad Psychiatric Hospital in eastern Baghdad, Iraqi security sources said
Tuesday.
The sources said two gunmen on a motorcycle opened a volley of bullets on
Dr. Ibrahim Mohammad Ajeel in Al-Baladiyat area in eastern Baghdad on Monday
night. Al-Ajeel was killed as he came out of his private clinic in Al-Sadr
City and headed to his home in Al-Baladiyat.
The Iraqi Health Ministry issued a statement condemning the assassination.
Al-Rashad Psychiatric Hospital is the only medical facility in Iraq
offering services to the mentally ill.(end)
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