Head of Iraqi journalists' union shot, seriously wounded

[Omaha Steve]

Source: International Herald Tribune

BAGHDAD: The head of the Iraqi Journalists' Union was shot and seriously wounded on Saturday, police and union officials said.

Union chief Shihab al-Timimi was shot by unidentified gunmen as he was being driven to an art gallery in Waziriya, near central Baghdad. He had just left the nearby headquarters of the union. His 22-year-old son, who was also in the car, was not hurt.

Associated Press Television News footage showed him with what appeared to be a gunshot wound to the chest and bandaged shoulders and arms.

Al-Timimi, who is in his mid-70s, was elected president of the union in 2004.


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