Shiite endowment’s employee wounded in Baghdad

An employee of the Shiite endowment divan was wounded on Tuesday by gunmen in northern Baghdad, according to a security source.

“Unknown gunmen opened fire on the employee, Ali Abbas Ali, while driving his car in Malek al-Ashtar square in al-Khadimiya region, northern Baghdad,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“The attack seriously wounded the victim, who was sent to the al-Khadimiya hospital for treatment,” he added, without giving further details.