2 killed, including former Parliament candidate in Salah al-Din

SALAH AL-DIN / IraqiNews.com: Two persons, one of them a former candidate for the Iraqi Parliament, have been killed in an attack in Shirgat township of north-central Iraq’s Salah al-Din Province on Wednesday, a Salah al-Din security source reported.   “The candidate from Iraq’s Unity Coalition, Jassem Mohammed and another person have been killed by unknown gunmen in Shirgat township, 100 km to the north of Tikrit,” the security source told IraqiNews.com news agency.   Tikrit, the center of Salah al-Din Province, is 175 km to the north of Baghdad.   SKH (TP)/SR 743