The governor of Baghdad was killed

In Iraq, as a result of the attack of unknown people, the governor of Baghdad Ali al-Haidri was killed, reports Reuters with a reference to medical sources and law enforcement agencies.

He died in his car, driving around the Khurria district, in the north of Baghdad, the Air Force reports. According to eyewitnesses, the car was ambushed. One of the bodyguards of the governor died in a shootout, the other two were injured, a law enforcement source told CNN.

On November 2, Deputy Governor Khatam Karim was killed in Baghdad. His two bodyguards were injured. In early September, an unsuccessful attempt was made on Ali al-Haidri.

As the agency notes, this is the first murder of such a high -ranking official in six months. In May last year, the head of the interim managing council of Iraq Iraq Izeddin Salim was blown up.

On January 31, parliamentary elections should be held in Iraq, on the eve of which militants are making efforts to destabilize the situation in the country. They show the greatest activity in the so -called Sunni triangle.