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Attacks kill, injure 2 Iraqi gov't workers

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Published: Feb. 7, 2013 at 8:11 AM

BAGHDAD, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- One Iraqi government employee was killed and another government worker was injured in two incidents in Baghdad Thursday.

Security officials said an unidentified gunman shot and killed one employee as he was traveling in Binoug neighborhood of northern Baghdad, IraqiNews.com reported.

The second victim, an employee of the Iraqi National Alliance, was injured when a sticky bomb attached to his car detonated in the Doura district of southern Baghdad, a security official said.

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