Judiciary: It is too early to decide the defendant’s fate in Bedaiwi’s assassination

Bedaiwi , a journalist and university professor who runs the Office of American Free Iraq Radio in Baghdad was killed on Saturday in unclear circumstances by a Kurdish officer in the presidential regiment in Jadriya fortified area in Baghdad.

The spokesman of the Iraqi judiciary , Abdul Sattar al-Bayraktar told “Shafaq News " , that "We cannot decide currently the fate of the killer of the journalist , Mohamed Bedaiwi and we are waiting for the completion of the investigation results to be delivered to the court ."

Bayraktar pointed out that "the criminal investigation began yesterday and are still continuing to reach the facts and circumstances on the case ."

Baghdad Operations Command has received Saturday the officer accused of killing Bedaiwi after the presidency announced that they would hand him over to the concerned authorities .

Baghdad Operations Command announced yesterday that it has assumed the entrances to the presidential site from the first and second regiment of the Presidency of the Republic to implement Maliki’s orders and assign it to the federal police.

The incident has sparked wide reactions among Iraqi political parties, as Kurds warned from exploiting the situation to promote the electoral propaganda and incite nationalism among the population.

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has entered the area after Bedaiwi’s death in the presidential palaces along with senior officials and ordered to arrest the offender .

Maliki's opponents explained his sudden move as he wants to shine his image ahead of elections on 30 of next April to look like the defender of the law despite the lack of disclosure of the killers of dozens of journalists who died during the past eight years in which al-Maliki had spent them at the head of the government.