Al-Iraqiya member’s driver dies of wounds

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: The personal driver of Al-Iraqiya List’s member Bashar al-Akidi died on Friday of wounds he sustained last Monday in the attempt on al-Akidi’s life, a police source said. “Muhanad Hazem, 30, the driver of the member of al-Iraqiya List, died this morning in Mosul public hospital of wounds,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. Bashar Hamed al-Akidi and his driver were wounded last Monday (May 24) when unknown gunmen opened fire on them in front of his house in al-Aamel neighborhood in western Mosul. The member died later of wounds in the hospital. Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, is 405 km north of Baghdad. SH (P) 3