Money exchange office owner killed in armed attack in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: The owner of an exchange bureau was killed during an armed attack on his office in Basra province, a local security source said on Tuesday. “An armed robbery gang broke into a money exchange office in al-Basra al-Qadeema area, killed its owner and one of his employees, and wounded two others, before they managed to escape with $150,000 U.S. dollars,” the source told Iraqi News. The source did not provide further details. The Shiite city of Basra lies 590 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. SS (P) 1