Gunmen kill civilian, wound 3 in Baghdad

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: A civilian man was killed while three others, including a police officer in the rank of colonel, wounded in an attack by gunmen in western Baghdad on Sunday, a security source said. “A civilian man was killed by fire from a gun with silencer and his brother wounded when they were driving by in a government vehicle belonging to their brother, a senior intelligence officer, in al-Mansour neighborhood, western Baghdad,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Col. Yassar Mohammed Mirhij of the oil facilities protection police survived an attempt when his vehicle came under fire near Saadiyat al-Amri intersection, al-Mansour neighborhood,” he added. Wounded Mirhij was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment, he said. AmR (P)/SR 12