Basra, Iraq (AINA) -- Janet and Shatha Odisho, Assyrian sisters working for Bechtel at Basra Airport, were shot and killed on Tuesday as they returned home from work. Their driver was wounded in the attack, which occurred at about 5 PM local time. Their father had been waiting at his window for his daughters to return when he heard gunfire and saw a white pick-up truck speeding away. "I picked one of them up," he said, "and she was dead. I went to pick up the other but found her dead too."

The funeral and burial will be held in Mosul, north Iraq.

Attacks on Assyrians, who are Christians, continue to intensify. On June 7th seven Assyrians were killed in one day (story).