Senior police officer survives assassination attempt in Ninewa

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: An improvised explosive device went off on Wednesday targeting the commander of al-Hamadaniya emergency police, a police source said, noting that the explosion left no casualties. “The explosion took place in Blawat region near al-Hamadaniya district in east of Mosul and caused no casualties,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The blast caused light material damage to the nearby stores,” he noted. Al-Hamadaniya is located 30 km east of Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, which lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SH (P) 1