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BAGHDAD, April 26 (KUNA) -- Unknown gunmen have assassinated the secretary
of Baghdad governor in the southwest of the capital, a security source said on
Tuesday.
The source told KUNA the gunmen, armed with silencer-equipped guns, shot
dead Hatem Karim Mohsen in front of his house in the district of Al-Amel, late
on Monday. The armed men fled the scene.
Security forces sealed off the scene and investigations were conducted into
circumstances of the killing.
Such deadly incidents have recently increased in the Baghdad region. (end)
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