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Police Commander of Salahuddin province escapes assassination attempt

BAGHDAD, Sept 24 (KUNA) -- Iraqi police said on Saturday that Police Commander of Salahuddin province Dhamin Al-Jubouri survived an assassination attempt in the city of Tikrit in central Iraq.
آ آ آ A police source told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that Al-Jubouri's convoy was targeted with a series of suicide bombings at a security checkpoint that led to the killing of 10 members of the local police and wounding 15 others.
No one has so far claimed responsibility for the attack, noting that such attacks bore the hallmarks of the so-called Islamic State (Daesh).(end).
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