Government Official Assassinated, 20 Bodies Found in Baghdad
Unknown gunmen on July 26 killed the general director of the Housing and Construction Ministry in central Baghdad, the independent Voices of Iraq news agency reported the same day.
An Interior Ministry source said gunmen shot Abd al-Satar Abd al-Jabbar in his car in the Al-Tahrirat region of central Baghdad and quickly fled.
The source did not give any additional information.
Meanwhile, police discovered 20 unidentified bodies in different sections of Baghdad the same day, Voices of Iraq reported. According to a security source, most of the bodies bore signs of gunshot wounds, mainly to the head. U.S. and Iraqi officials have previously said that unidentified bodies were usually the work of Shi’ite militias.
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