Aswat al-Iraq: Policemen on Friday clashed with four gunmen suspected of killing a candidate in Mandili district, eastern Baaquba, shooting down one of them and arresting three others, a Diala security source said. "Police forces clashed with four gunmen in a house in the village of Muhammad Malih, south of Mandili district, (55 km) north of Baaquba, arresting three of them and killing a fourth who declined to surrender," the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.An official security source in Diala told Aswat al-Iraq earlier on Friday that an armed group suspected of affiliation to al-Qaeda network had intercepted during a late hour of Thursday (Jan. 29) Abbas Farhan, a candidate from the Reform & Development bloc, in a village in Mandili, where he was campaigning, and opened fire at him, killing him instantly along with his brother and cousin who were escorting him.