Document #1128704

RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Author)

Iraqi VP's Bodyguard Killed In Baghdad

July 21, 2012
 
A bodyguard for Iraqi Vice President Khudayr al-Khuzaie has been shot dead in Baghdad, security and medical officials said.
 
Khuzaie, one of Iraq's two vice presidents, was not in the area when several gunmen fired on his bodyguard from a passing car in Baghdad's Karrada neighborhood.
 
Another of Khuzaie's bodyguards was wounded.
 
In a separate attack, at least six people were killed when a bomb exploded as a military passed in the northern city of Mosul.
 
Four of those killed were civilians and two were soldiers.
 
Three other soldiers were reported wounded in the attack.
 
Based on reporting by AFP and dpa

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ecoi.net description:
Baghdad: According to officials, a bodyguard for Vice President Khudayr al-Khuzaie has been shot dead and another bodyguard has been wounded
Country:
Iraq
Source:
RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Author)
Original link:
http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-vp-bodyguard-killed-in-baghdad/24652532.html
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Published:
21 July 2012
Document ID:
1128704 (former ID 222460)

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