BAGHDAD — The United Nations was tightening security in Iraq after the shooting deaths of two of its staff at an office in Baghdad on Wednesday, a U.N. official in the Iraqi capital said on Thursday.
"The United Nations is looking into measures to improve its own security procedures," the official told Reuters.
She said these procedures included checking again that all U.N. employees had their identity cards and that a thorough verification of visitors' identities should be undertaken before they enter U.N. offices.
A man claiming to be protesting against international sanctions on Iraq opened fire at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization's mission in Baghdad on Wednesday, killing two people and wounding seven.
Mourning for Yusuf Abdilleh and Tareq Hassan Abdeen began on Thursday. The U.N. official said that the Iraqi government was investigating the slayings.
The U.N. Security Council discussed the shooting behind closed doors. The council wanted to see the results of an Iraqi investigation as soon as possible.