A file picture taken 31 March 2005 shows Iraqi member of the parliament Dhari al-Fayadh (R) and his son Hassan, posing for a picture at his house at al-Rashdiyah area, 25 Kms north of Baghdad.

A file picture taken 31 March 2005, shows member of the Iraqi parliament Dhari al-Fayadh at his house at al-Rashdiyah area, 25 Kms north of Baghdad. (Xinhua/AFP photo)

BAGHDAD, June 28 (Xinhuanet) -- A leading Iraqi Shiite parliament deputy Dhari al-Fayadh was killed in a suicide car bomb blast in northern Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.

    Fayadh's son and his three bodyguards were also killed in the attack, when a suicide car bomber struck their convoy in Baghdad's northern district of Rashdiyah, police said.

    Fayadh, 87, is a member of Iraq's Shiite-dominated political alliance. He was appointed as the speaker of the Iraqi elected parliament, for a while, as he was the oldest lawmaker until the parliament formally elected its speaker, Hachim al-Hassani.

    He was the second lawmaker killed since the Shiite and Kurdish government took office in last April. Enditem