(KUNA) -- Police Commander of the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk escaped an assassination attempt, while one of his escorts died and three others injured when the commander's motorcade came under an attack on Saturday. An explosive device was detonated while the motorcade of Brigadier Torhan Abdulrahman passed through Al Quds street in this oil rich Iraqi city, a police source told KUNA. Eight people including two policemen died when the motorcade of the commander of city's traffic department was ambushed on Thursday. |