An Arab member of Kirkuk's city council and his bodyguard were shot dead in a drive-by shooting on Monday, underscoring rising political tensions in the ethnically divided northern Iraq city. Witnesses said a red car pulled up alongside a vehicle carrying Agar al-Tawil, a Shi'ite Arab council member, and his bodyguard and opened fire. The vehicle skidded to a halt and the assailants then got out and fired more shots at the victims. "Two men got out of the red car and went to Tawil's car and just started shooting," witness Haider Mohammed said. Major General Hazim al-Obeidi of the Kirkuk police confirmed the assassination and said an investigation was under way.
An Arab bumped off, a Turkman almost bumped off... Whaddya think they're trying to do? |
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