BAGHDAD — Iraqi forces on Wednesday arrested a man suspected of being involved in last week’s assassination of a leading Sunni member of Parliament, Iraqi officials said.| Excellent and good job by the Iraqi forces. |
Maj. Gen. Abdul Karim Khalaf, a spokesman for the Ministry of the Interior, confirmed the arrest but said it was too early to say what role Mr. Luhaibi might have played in the killing.
Mr. Obaidi, his aide and his bodyguards were shot at point-blank range in a mosque on Friday afternoon, shortly after Mr. Obaidi had given a sermon. Mr. Obaidi was the leader of the main Sunni bloc in Parliament, as well as a strong critic of human rights abuses in Iraqi prisons.
An officer on the government committee investigating the assassination, who asked not to be identified because he was not authorized to speak publicly, said Mr. Luhaibi was linked to the weapon used in the killings.