The deputy governor of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq, Ismail Ahmad Rajab al-Hadidi, was wounded along with his driver after unknown gunmen tried to assassinate him. Four gunmen sprayed his car with bullets in the city centre at 7pm before fleeing, said al-Hadidi on Sunday from Kirkuk general hospital.
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He said he was wounded in the leg and that his driver suffered several "serious woundsâ. Al-Hadidi, a 48 year-old trader, became deputy governor of the city after US-organised elections for a local city council last May. |