Saturday, July 21, 2012

Gunmen kill bodyguard of Iraqi vice president

BAGHDAD (AP) – Iraqi police officials say assailants have gunned down a bodyguard for the country's Shiite vice president in a drive-by-shooting in downtown Baghdad.

The officials say the attack Saturday afternoon in the Karradah neighborhood killed the off-duty bodyguard for Vice President Khudier al-Khuzaie.

A medic at the nearby Ibn al-Nafis hospital confirmed the bodyguard's death.

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