- MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - A
leading judge in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul has been assassinated,
a police official says.
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- The judge, Youssef Khoshi, a Kurd, was shot and killed
by three men in a car.
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- "He was killed last night. He was shot six times
from behind in the back. He died immediately," said police Major Ali
Mohammed on Tuesday.
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- Khoshi was one of three chief investigative judges in
Mosul.
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- Iraq oil executives, police and other judges working
under the U.S. administration ruling Iraq have previously been targeted
in similar attacks.
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