Chalabi bodyguard killed
2005-07-31 17:16
Baghdad - A bodyguard of Iraqi deputy prime minister Ahmed Chalabi was killed on Sunday in an attack on a convoy south of Baghdad, said an interior ministry source.
Chalabi himself however was not aboard the vehicle, Intifadh Qanbar, an official with Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress Party, explained.
Unknown gunmen opened fire on the convoy as it was returning from the holy Shiite city of Kerbala, the official said.
Three people were injured in the attack, the official added.
- AFP