Indian killed in Baghdad blast

NEW DELHI: Even as the threat of death looms large on the Indian hostages in Iraq, an Indian was killed in Baghdad on Thursday.
Eldho Abraham was among the four injured in a blast this morning. He later died of his injuries.
A 28-year old electrical engineer from Kerala, employed by a British construction company in Baghdad, died in Iraq yesterday, according to information received by his family here today.
The family had not yet got information about how he died.
Eldho Abraham was working for the Frame Project International in Iraq.
Abraham''s colleague, Ayyappan, working in the same firm at Kuwait, informed the family about his death this afternoon, family members said.
His body will be brought back to India on August 16, officials in New Delhi told Timesofindia.com.
This is the first reported instance of an Indian getting killed in the violence that has engulfed Iraq since the US forces took over Baghdad.