From BBC via truthout.org :
Russian Diplomat "Killed in Iraq"
BBC News
Saturday 03 June 2006
One Russian diplomat has been killed and four kidnapped in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, Iraqi interior ministry officials say.
The gunmen used three cars to block a road then opened fire on the Russian diplomatic vehicle, the officials say.
The attack took place in Mansour district in the west of the city, close to the Russian embassy.
An embassy official confirmed the death and abductions to Russia's Interfax agency but made no further comment.
Russia's foreign ministry in Moscow would only say it was still checking the information.
Mansour houses a number of embassies and has seen attacks on other diplomats.
A United Arab Emirates diplomat was seized and held for two weeks before being freed last month.
Last year, two Algerian, one Egyptian and two Moroccan embassy workers were abducted and killed.
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