Candidate of political bloc killed in Diala

Diala / IraqiNews.com: Suspected al-Qaeda gunmen on Friday killed a candidate of a political bloc along with his brother and his cousin in northeast of Baaquba, a security source said. “The gunmen killed Abbas Farhan, candidate of the Islah Wal Tanmiya (Reform and Development) bloc, along with his brother and cousin in a village of Mindli district in Khaneqeen, northeast of Baaquba,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The dead man was a brigadier in the former army,” he noted. Baaquba, the capital of Diala, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad. SH (P) 1