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20 men arrested over failed assassination attempt

June 25, 2009 - 03:17:45

DIWANIYA / Aswat al-Iraq: Twenty suspects on Thursday were arrested during a wide-scale security operation following a failed attempt to kill a Sadrist leader in Diwaniya province, according to a local police source.

“Emergency police forces conducted search raids in the province following an attempt to assassinate a tribal affairs official in Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr’s office, Sheikh Hamid al-Saeedi,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
Yesterday (June 24) evening, unknown gunmen opened fire on Saeedi in front of his house in the province, wounding him seriously.

Diwaniya, the capital city of Diwaniya province, lies 180 km south of Baghdad.

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