Kirkuk’s security official escapes assassination attempt

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: An officer of north Iraq Kirkuk city’s Emergency Police, has escaped an assassination attempt by a booby-trapped car explosion against his motorcade on Monday, a Kirkuk Police Director reported.   “Colonel Orhan Haider, the Commander of Kirkuk’s Emergency Police, has escaped an assassination attempt, when a booby-trapped car blew up against his motorcade while on his way for his office on the main Kirkuk highway leading to Baghdad,” Lt. Brigadier, Sarhad Qader told IraqiNews.com news agency.   Qader said that the attacked officer was not hurt, but the attack had caused material damage for one of his motorcade’s vehicles, giving no further details.   The oil-rich city of Kirkuk is 280 km to the northeast of Baghdad .   SKH (ST)