Ninewa governor survives assassination
August 8, 2010 - 10:56:18

NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: The Ninewa Governor Atheel al-Nejeifi survived an assassination attempt on Sunday when a roadside bomb hit his motorcade in central Mosul city.

“The blast occurred at the intersection of the 4th Bridge, near the governor’s residency,” a local police source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

He noted that the blast caused no casualties.

The source explained that minutes after the blast that targeted Gov. Nejeifi, a roadside bomb went off in the same location targeting a police patrol.

“Two police officers, one of them a brigadier, and one cop were all wounded in the second blast,” he added.

Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad.

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