Gunmen shoot dead high-ranking police officer in Baghdad

bemildred

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Mon Aug-01-05 10:16 AM
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Gunmen shoot dead high-ranking police officer in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Aug. 1 (Xinhuanet) -- Gunmen assassinated a high-ranking police officer in southern Baghdad on Monday, police said.

"Unknown armed men opened fire at Brig. Salam Lutfy as he was driving his car heading to work in Doura neighborhood, killing him and wounding two of his bodyguards," an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

Salam's body and his wounded guards were evacuated to Yarmouk Hospital, the source added.

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ugarte

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Mon Aug-01-05 02:22 PM
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1. Oh, no, not "Lefty" Lutfy

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