January 02 2015
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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