Saddam trial lawyer shot
2005-11-08 15:24
Baghdad - A lawyer working for Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, one of the co-defendants of ousted president Saddam Hussein on trial over the massacre of Shi'ite civilians from the town of Dujail, was shot and wounded by armed men in Baghdad on Tuesday, security sources said.
Lawyer Tamer Hammud Hadi was helping with the defence of Barzan, a Saddam half-brother, on charges that he shared responsibility for the 1982 massacre of more than 140 Shi'ite villagers.
Barzan once headed the feared Mukhabarat intelligence service.
The trial of Saddam and his seven co-defendants opened October 19. All pleaded not guilty. If convicted they could be executed.
- AFP