BAGHDAD — A car bomb went off Sunday near the governor’s residence in the turbulent northern city of Mosul, killing a policeman and wounding three civilians, according to police officials.
It was not immediately clear whether Atheel al-Nujeifi, governor of Ninevah province, was the target of the bomb.
He was not at his residence in the Dawasa neighborhood at the time of the blast.
The bomb was in a car parked about 100 yards from his home, suggesting it was meant to be detonated when the governor’s convoy drove past.
Earlier Sunday, a gunman killed an off-duty prison officer in Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad. A police statement said the victim was a 1st lieutenant in his 20s who served at Badoosh prison on the city’s outskirts. The gunman got out of a car, opened fire on the officer and then fled, the statement said.
The statement from the provincial police command did not give a motive for the shooting.
by the associated press
It was not immediately clear whether Atheel al-Nujeifi, governor of Ninevah province, was the target of the bomb.
He was not at his residence in the Dawasa neighborhood at the time of the blast.
The bomb was in a car parked about 100 yards from his home, suggesting it was meant to be detonated when the governor’s convoy drove past.
Earlier Sunday, a gunman killed an off-duty prison officer in Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad. A police statement said the victim was a 1st lieutenant in his 20s who served at Badoosh prison on the city’s outskirts. The gunman got out of a car, opened fire on the officer and then fled, the statement said.
The statement from the provincial police command did not give a motive for the shooting.
by the associated press
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