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URGENT: ISIS assassinates MP, kills 24, wounds 54 in Baghdad suicide bombing

The MP for Badr bloc, Ahmed al-Khafaji.
The MP for Bader bloc, Ahmed al-Khafaji.

Kadhimiya (IraqiNews.com) On Tuesday the Iraqi MP Ahmed al-Khafaji was killed in a suicide bombing that targeted Iraqi security forces in the town of Kadhimiya which is located in northern Baghdad, according to a security source.

The source said in an interview for IraqiNews.com “the MP of Badr bloc, Ahmed al-Khafaji, was killed this afternoon by a car bomb driven by an ISIS suicide bomber in the Kadhimiya area north of Baghdad,” without giving further details.

A source in the police said earlier on Tuesday that 24 people were killed and 54 others wounded in the suicide bombing at the entrance of Kadhimiya in northern Baghdad.

The MP Ahmed al-Khafaji was serving as Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior for Intelligence before becoming a deputy of the Bader bloc during the current session of Parliament.

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