Gunmen kill Sudanese diplomat in Baghdad

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Wed Nov-09-05 10:09 AM
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Gunmen kill Sudanese diplomat in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Nov. 9 (Xinhuanet) -- Unknown gunmen shot dead a Sudanese diplomat in western Baghdad on Wednesday, an Interior Ministry source said.

"Unknown armed men opened fire at Hummoda Ahmed Adam, anattache in the Sudanese embassy, when he was driving in al-Safarat district in western Baghdad, at about 11:30 a.m. (0830 GMT)," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

The attackers shot dead Adam and fled the scene, the source added, without giving further details.

Earlier this year, two Algerian diplomats and a top Egyptian envoy to Iraq were kidnapped and killed by the al-Qaida group inIraq in two separate incidents.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/09/content_3755680.htm

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