(Iraqi) Tribal chief dies of wounds sustained in bomb explosion

Source: Voice of Iraq

Tikrit, Oct 5, (VOI)- The head of the Salah el Din Support Council died on Friday morning from wounds sustained in a bomb explosion targeted his motorcade near Balad district, north of Baghdad, a police source said.

"Sheikh Moaawiya Abdullah Nagi al-Jabara has died of his wounds he sustained in a bomb explosion near his motorcade in al-Ishaaqi district in Balad district in Salah el-Din province," the source, who preferred not to be named, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

"The blast that took place on Thursday night injured the sheikh and killed three of his companions," the source said, noting that the sheikh died this morning of his wounds.

Moaawiya Abdullah Nagi al-Jabara is the sheikh of (al-Jubur tribe) in Salah el-Din province. He founded with a number of sheikhs the Support Council, which fight side by side with Iraqi and U.S. forces against al-Qaeda elements.

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