North Iraq’s Zummar Police Director escapes assassination attempt:

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: The Director of northern Iraq’s Zummar town of Ninewa Province has escaped an assassination attempt on Monday, according to a Ninewa security source. “Zummar township’s Police Director, in northwest Mosul, Brigadier Khudhier Ahmed Sallo, has escaped an assassination attempt, when his motorcade passed through the main road, connecting Mosul with Fuleifil town, 30 kms to the north of Mosul,” the security source said, adding that the attack had caused no casualties. Mosul, the center of Ninewa Province, is 405 kms to the north of Baghdad. AH (A) / SKH 9