Senior officer injured north of Babel

BABEL / IraqiNews.com: A senior intelligence officer was wounded on Wednesday by gunmen near al-Askandariya district in Babel, a police source said. “Unknown gunmen opened fire on the officer (a brigadier) in al-Assriya village region in al-Askandariya district, north of Hilla, injuring him and damaging his car,” the source told Iraqi News. “The gunmen fled to unknown place and the officer was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment,” he added. Hilla, the capital of Babel, is 100 km south of Baghdad. SH (P) 2