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2 gunmen killed, 2 civilians wounded in Mosul

September 27, 2008 - 11:35:13

NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: Two gunmen were killed in eastern Mosul on Saturday while one civilian man and his wife injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in al-Ghabat area in the western part of the western Iraq city, according to a security source within Ninewa police.

“A force from the Iraqi army annihilated two gunmen during a late hour of Friday evening while attempting to attack an army checkpoint in Adan neighborhood, eastern Mosul,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq, adding the Iraqi troops found two guns in the possession of the attackers.

“The police kept the two bodies at a morgue in Mosul,” the source said, not giving more details.

Meanwhile, an IED went off in al-Ghabat, western Mosul, leaving a civilian and his wife wounded. They were rushed to a hospital.

“The explosive charge went off but apparently did not target any military or security facilities or personnel,” the source said.

Al-Ghabat (literally the forests), a tourist site in Mousl, has witnessed since the beginning of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan several galas and festivities the city has never seen in five years’ time, particularly after the Ninewa Operations Command (NOC) lessened curfew in the city.

Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad.
The original city of Mosul stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient biblical city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial areas on both banks, with five bridges linking the two sides.
Despite having an amount of Kurdish population, it does not form part of the area controlled by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).

There are different communities in Mosul like Christians, Shiites and Kurds along with a Sunni majority.
The city is also a historic center for the Nestorian Christianity of the Assyrians, containing the tombs of several Old Testament prophets such as Jonah, Yunus in Arabic, and Nahum.

AmR (S)

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