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Thu 06 Jun 2000Two UN officials are shot dead by Baghdad gunman
A man believed to be protesting against sanctions on Iraq opened fire at the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation's mission in Baghdad killing two people and wounding as many as seven others.
Iraqi police and FAO officials said that the unidentified gunman had walked into the building yesterday morning and opened fire in a downstairs reception area before going upstairs and continuing to shoot.
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