Ninewa local council member escapes attempt

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: The Ninewa Provincial Council’s Legal Committee Chairman said on Thursday that he escaped an attempt on his life after gunmen opened fire on his motorcade in central Mosul city earlier in the day. “Unidentified gunmen opened fire on my motorcade, namely the vehicle I boarded after I had left the provincial council building on al-Dawasa street, central Mosul,” Yahya Abad Mahjoub told IraqiNews.com news agency. “No casualties have taken place. There were only minor damage to the top of the armored vehicle I was inside,” he added. Al-Dawasa street is one of the areas heavily-guarded, being home to the provincial council headquarters and the police department building. Several public figures had been target for attacks during the past few days in Ninewa. The director of the criminal investigations department and a university professor were killed while several security commanders survived assassination attempts in different areas of Mosul. Mosul, the capital city of the violence-ridden multi-ethnic province of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1