Mosul governor shot, killed in ambush
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The governor of the northern Iraqi district of Mosul was shot and killed Wednesday in an ambush on his vehicle, an Iraqi official in Mosul told CNN.
Hazem al-Galawi, chief of the governor's office in Mosul, said Usama Kashmola and two bodyguards died when attackers opened fire as they traveled on a road between Baghdad and Mosul.
Al-Galawi said he thinks the strike was a targeted assassination. Iraqi officials frequently have been targeted by insurgents.
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