Local official in Falluja assassinated

ANBAR / IraqiNews.com: A local official in al-Falluja city and a family member were killed and three others wounded when an improvised explosive device went off near his vehicle on Friday, a local police source said. “An IED attached to the vehicle of Ahmed al-Khazraji, a member of the municipal council of Abu Ghraib district, while he was driving by in central Karmat al-Falluja area, leaving him and a family member killed and three others wounded,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Security forces sealed off the blast scene while the wounded were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment,” he added. Falluja, the largest city in the predominantly Sunni province of al-Anbar, lies 45 km west of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1