Senior Iraqi Interior Ministry Official Assassinated in Baghdad

VOA News 08 March 2005

Iraqi officials say a senior Interior Ministry official has been shot and killed in Baghdad.

The assassination occurred Tuesday.

Reuters news agency says the group led by Jordanian terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed responsibility for the killing.

Guerrillas loyal to Zaraqawi's group also took responsibility for some of the attacks Monday in Iraq that left 25 people dead.

A suicide attack killed 15 people north of Baghdad while several attacks on Iraqi police and soldiers in Baquba killed 10 people.

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