11/04/2014 17:53
Iraq's deputy prime minister survives assassination attempt
Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Salih al-Mutlaq and another lawmaker survived an assassination attempt in Baghdad on Friday, security officials told CNN.
Iraqi police said the officials' convoy was ambushed by a group of gunmen with light weapons.
One of al-Mutlaq's bodyguards died in the attack, and five others were injured.
Al-Mutlaq and the lawmaker, Talal al-Zobaie of the Iraqiya coalition, are both Sunnis.