Iraq Mosul's judicial council member escapes assassination attempt

A member of north Iraq Mosul City's Judicial Council has escaped an assassination attempt in eastern Mosul on Thursday, a Ninewa security source reported. "Member of Mosul's Judicial Council, Zuheir Hazim al-Jiboury, has escaped an assassination attempt on Thursday morning, when an explosive charge blew off close to his house in the Officers district, east of Mosul," the security source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He said the explosive charge blew off when Jiboury's car approached it, wounding him in the leg," he said, adding that his condition was stable. Mosul, the center of Ninewa Province, is 405 km to the north of Baghdad.