A senior Iraqi police officer was assassinated Tuesday near his home in the suburbs of Mosul, some 400 kilometres north of Baghdad, reported authorities.
Sources said that unidentified gunmen fired on Brigadier General Mohammed Aziz, who is also the director of forensic evidence at Mosul's police headquarters. He died on the spot, according to sources.
Also in Mosul, but on Monday night, security sources said a local police officer escaped a failed assassination attempt to bomb his car with adhesive explosives.Mosul is one of the most dangerous and volatile cities in Iraq, with insurgents carrying out near-daily attacks, even as police claim that security sweeps have netted hundreds of detainees.
Both Iraqi civilians and security forces have increasingly been coming under attack from insurgents in recent months, with US forces now down to their lowest levels of 50,000 troops in Iraq since the war began in 2003.
Author: Aya Batrawy
Sources said that unidentified gunmen fired on Brigadier General Mohammed Aziz, who is also the director of forensic evidence at Mosul's police headquarters. He died on the spot, according to sources.
Also in Mosul, but on Monday night, security sources said a local police officer escaped a failed assassination attempt to bomb his car with adhesive explosives.Mosul is one of the most dangerous and volatile cities in Iraq, with insurgents carrying out near-daily attacks, even as police claim that security sweeps have netted hundreds of detainees.
Both Iraqi civilians and security forces have increasingly been coming under attack from insurgents in recent months, with US forces now down to their lowest levels of 50,000 troops in Iraq since the war began in 2003.
Author: Aya Batrawy
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