Norwegian Woman Shot Dead In Iraq: Foreign Ministry

OSLO, Sept 6 (AFP) - A Norwegian woman married to an Iraqi Kurd has been shot dead in Iraq, the Norwegian foreign ministry said on Monday, as media here reported that her husband had been arrested for allegedly committing the deed.
"We have received a report that a Norwegian woman has been killed in Iraq," foreign ministry spokesman Karsten Klepsvik told AFP.
Norwegian news agency NTB and public broadcaster NRK quoted Iraqi sources saying her husband had been arrested for her murder. Earlier reports said that the woman, Marita Stroem, 38, had been shot dead by an unidentified attacker while she was driving her car in Suleimaniya in northern Iraq.
"One person has been arrested suspected of the murder," Klepsvik confirmed, but said he did not know who that person was, and that a random attack had not been ruled out.
According to local newspaper Namdalsavisa, Stroem was on holiday with her husband, Osman Omar Osman, and their three daughters when the shooting occurred.
Norway, which has yet to reopen its embassy in Baghdad, did not take part in the invasion of Iraq, but did send troops to help rebuild the country.