The main headquarters of the Shiite Islamic Al-Dawa party in Basra, located in southern Iraq, was targetted Sunday in two automatic gunfire attacks, but no one was injured, the party said.
Jabbar Latif, a member of the party's political branch, was cited by AFP as saying, "two men armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles circulated in a car and at 8:00 am (local time) opened fire on the main headquarters before coming back three hours later and firing again.
"Guards in front of the headquarters successfully pursued the car and arrested one of the assailants while the other escaped," he said, adding that an investigation into the incident will be carried out to determine which group the assailants may belong to.
After the attack, a dozen armed party activists set up a roadblock near the Iraqi police, in view of British soldiers aboard a military vehicle positioned in the area.
Latif said the detained man will be handed over to Iraqi police after interrogation. (Albawaba.com)
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