IRAQ: Funeral for Sarwer Mohammed Rasheed, bodyguard of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, shot by gunmen who broke into his home, is held in Sulaimanya

Record ID: 564769

  • Title: IRAQ: Funeral for Sarwer Mohammed Rasheed, bodyguard of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, shot by gunmen who broke into his home, is held in Sulaimanya
  • Date: 20th November 2013
  • Summary: SULAIMANIYA, IRAQ (NOVEMBER 20, 2013) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF MOURNERS STANDING IN CEMETERY FOR FUNERAL OF SLAIN BODYGUARD, SARWER MOHAMMED RASHEED BROTHER OF SLAIN BODYGUARD CRYING WOMAN CRYING AND SHOUTING "OH, BROTHER" (SOUNDBITE) (Kurdish) OMAR HAJJI RASHEED, A RELATIVE OF THE DEAD BODYGUARD, SAYING: "This man is the man of the state. He is Jalal's man and they have to find the killers. We do not have a quarrel with any one." INAUDIBLE QUESTION "Yes, he was scheduled to fly to Germany at 0600 to go and stay with Jalal. He was at his home. He has no quarrel with any one." INAUDIBLE QUESTION "He always travels to Germany. This is not the first time. He usually spends one month in Germany and one month here." MEMBER OF KURDISH PARLIAMENT, SHALAW KUSRAT RASOUL, FLANKED BY BODYGUARDS AT CEMETERY
  • Embargoed: 5th December 2013 12:00
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  • Location: Iraq
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA1UK7TSNM51IG1S2RAZIG4VTSD
  • Story Text: Gunmen killed an off-duty bodyguard of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Wednesday (November 20).
    The gunmen broke into the bodyguard's house in Sulaimaniya, 260 km (160 miles) northeast of Baghdad. Talabani has been in Germany for medical treatment for several months.
    A relative at the funeral confirmed that the killing came as bodyguard Sarwer Mohammed Rasheed was about to leave for the airport and fly to Germany where President Talabani has been receiving treatment for almost a year.

    "Yes, he was scheduled to fly to Germany at 0600 to go and stay with Jalal. He was at his home. He has no quarrel with any one," relative, Omar Hajji Rasheed said.
    Rasheed died at the scene and the gunmen escaped.
    No one has so far claimed responsibility for the assassination.
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