Judge shot dead in Mosul

Published December 24, 2003

MOSUL, Dec 23: A Turkmen judge was shot dead in the centre of Iraq’s explosive northern town, Mosul, a police official said on Tuesday.

Gunmen fired several shots from a car at Yusef Khorshid on Monday night in the city’s Muthanna district, said Major Sattar Khattab Mehdi.

Coroner Ahmed Abdullah Rajab said the judge died from six bullets in the back.

A Christian judge, Ismail Sadeq, was shot dead in Mosul two weeks ago.—AFP

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