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Currency exchange office owner killed in armed attack northeast of Baghdad

 Currency exchange office owner killed in armed attack northeast of Baghdad

Representational photo.

Representational photo.
Representational photo.

(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – A source in the Ministry of Interior informed that a currency exchange office owner was killed while another person was wounded in an armed attack at northeast of Baghdad.

According to information shared by the source, it was stated, “Unidentified gunmen driving an SVU and wearing military uniform open fired towards a vehicle of the owner of a currency exchange office in the banks area northeast of Baghdad, killing him on the spot and wounding his friend as well as stealing 120 thousand US dollars and 50 million Iraqi dinars.”

The source added, “Security forces rushed to the area of incident and transferred the wounded to a nearby hospital and the dead body to the forensic department.”

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