Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013
MOSUL (AFP)--A suicide bomb in north Iraq on Wednesday killed the leader of a local political party and four relatives, officials said, on the eve of provincial elections his bloc was to participate in.
Yunus al-Ramah, head of the United Iraq party, had been hosting a social gathering in his home in the town of al-Hadhr, in Nineveh province, when the attack took place early Wednesday morning, according to security and medical officials.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
19-06-13 1101GMT
