Chief Of Diyala Police Survives Assasination Attempt

February 6th, 2008 (1) Posted By .

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Baaquba, Feb 5, (VOI)- Chief of the Diala police department General Ghanem al-Qureshi escaped an attempt on his life on Tuesday when an improvised explosive device went off targeting his motorcade in central Baaquba, a police source said.

“General Ghanem al-Qureshi survived an assassination attempt on Tuesday when an explosive charge was detonated near is motorcade in the main road in central Baaquba,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI) on condition of anonymity.

“The explosion left no casualties, but caused some material damage to some of the motorcade’s vehicles,,” he added.

This is the second attempt on al-Qureshi’s life.

Baaquba, the capital of Diala, is 57 km northeast of Baghdad.

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