3 education ministry staff killed, 1 wounded in Falluja

ANBAR / IraqiNews.com: Three higher education & scientific research ministry employees were killed and another wounded in an armed attack in eastern al-Falluja city on Saturday, according to a police source in al-Anbar. “Unidentified gunmen opened fire from their light arms today (Oct. 9) on a group of higher education & scientific research ministry employees in the area of al-Qaragul, al-Karma district, eastern Falluja, killing three and wounding another,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “A number of army and police personnel were intensively deployed in the area in search of the runaway culprits,” the source added. Falluja, the largest city in the predominantly Sunni province of al-Anbar, lies 45 km northwest of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. AmR (P) 1