Senior Sunni politician shot to death in Iraq

Source: CNN

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A senior member of a Sunni political party that recently rejoined Iraq's government was shot and killed Thursday in the northern city of Mosul, the party said.

Gunmen assassinated Mahmoud Younis Fathi, a senior member of the Iraqi Islamic Party in Nineveh province and the director of religious schools for the Sunni Endowment, the party said. Fathi's bodyguard also was killed as the pair traveled to work.

Mosul police confirmed the slayings, which occurred near Fathi's house in the western part of the city.

Sunni insurgents have targeted Sunnis who cooperate with the U.S.-backed Iraqi government. American and Iraqi troops have been fighting al Qaeda in Iraq in Mosul and surrounding Nineveh province in northern Iraq.



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