Son of the governor of Ninawa assassinated in an attack in Musil

The governor of Baghdad, Ali al-Haidari, survived an assassination attempt while his procession was running in al-Adel ( justice) quarters in the downtown of the capital Baghdad.

Preliminary news reports said that the attack started by firing machine gun bullets at the procession and then blowing up of a booby trapped car. This resulted in killing one persons and wounding other two.

Two Iraqi explosives experts were injured while trying to dismantle an explosive on the road in Baqouba to the north of Baghdad.

On the other hand, the son of the governor of Ninawa was killed in an armed attack launched by unidentified men in al-Thawra quarters to the west of Musil. Iraqi sources said that Laith Dureid Kashmoula was driving his car when armed men fired at him using machineguns.

In other field developments, one person was killed at least and other two injured when an explosive was implanted on the roadside near Baqouba city. One witness said that the explosive went off when a patrol for the Iraqi national guard was passing by. Two American trucks were burnt in an attack on the highway to the west of Baghdad.