UN Envoy Condemns Bombing that Killed Member of Iraqi Parliament
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Marcio Silva/iStockphoto/Thinkstock(BAGHDAD) — Special representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq, Nickolay Mladenov, condemned a Tuesday suicide bombing in Baghdad that killed more than 20 people, including a member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives.
According to a press release, 21 people were killed in the attack and 60 more were injured. Among those killed were Ahmed Al-Khafaji, a member of the Iraqi Parliament. “Those who use terror, violence and fear against the people of Iraq will fail,” Mladenov said.
“Iraq and the world are united and will defeat those who seek to destroy the Iraqi state and will restoring (sic) security, prosperity and democracy to this country,” the U.N. special representative said in his press release.
Violence has peaked in recent months, with over 1,000 Iraqi civilians killed in the month of September.
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