Iraqi PM tours Baghdad area days after assassination attempt
ABC News
Iraq’s prime minister has toured a Baghdad neighborhood on foot days after he escaped an assassination attempt in the Iraqi capital
BAGHDAD -- Iraq’s prime minister toured a Baghdad neighborhood on foot Wednesday, three days after he escaped an assassination attempt at his home in the Iraqi capital.
In his first public appearance outside his residence since the attack, Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s office said some residents of the eastern neighborhood of Sadr City congratulated him for surviving Sunday’s drone attack, in which he was lightly injured.
The failed attempt ratcheted up tensions following last month’s parliamentary elections, in which Iran-backed militias were the biggest losers.
There was no claim of responsibility but suspicion immediately fell on the militias. They had been blamed for previous attacks on the Green Zone, which also houses foreign embassies.
