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Fatal Attack Made On Clerics In Basra

January 02 2015

Iraq

Three Sunni clerics have been shot and killed in the southern Iraqi province of Basra, say local officials cited by Agence France-Presse.

Assailants ambushed the car Thursday night as the clerics were traveling from the provincial capital of Basra to Al-Zubair, said a provincial official.

Two other clerics were reported to be wounded.

The Interior Ministry attributed the attack to the Islamic State terrorist group.

However, a Sunni political party said the attack was...

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