在伊拉克11月11日投票之前, 枪手袭击了巴格达的逊尼派选举候选人办公室, 炸伤两名警卫。 Gunmen attacked a Sunni election candidate’s office in Baghdad, wounding two guards, ahead of Iraq’s November 11 polls.

武装枪手袭击了巴格达以南逊尼派议会候选人穆萨纳·阿扎维的办公室,炸伤两名保镖,在炸弹炸死另一名选举候选人萨法阿·马什哈达尼并炸伤另外三人几天后,两名保镖受伤。 Armed gunmen attacked the office of Sunni parliamentary candidate Muthanna al-Azzawi south of Baghdad, wounding two bodyguards, days after a bomb killed another election candidate, Safaa al-Mashhadani, and injured three others. 暴力发生在伊拉克11月11日的议会选举之前, 这是自2003年美国领导的入侵以来的第6次议会选举。 The violence occurs ahead of Iraq’s November 11 parliamentary elections, the sixth since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. 两位候选人都是在宗派权力分享所塑造的政治环境中竞选的,总理传统上由什叶派担任,总统由库尔德人担任,议长由逊尼派担任。 Both candidates were running in a political landscape shaped by sectarian power-sharing, with the prime ministership traditionally held by a Shiite, the presidency by a Kurd, and the parliamentary speaker by a Sunni. 穆罕默德·什叶派苏丹总理下令对这两起袭击进行调查,谴责针对政治人物的暴力。 Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani ordered investigations into both attacks, condemning the violence targeting political figures.