Iraq Official Killed After Hostage Comments

Gunmen assassinated a senior Iraqi Interior Ministry official who had told the media that a hostage crisis that fuelled sectarian tensions was exaggerated, police said. Police said 10 gunmen entered the home of Major-General Adnan Thabet in Baghdad and killed him and his nephew. Hours before he was killed, Mr Thabet said: "the number of hostages has been greatly exaggerated". Link