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2 killed in tribal feud in Mosul

February 6, 2009 - 05:39:24

NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: Two persons were killed in an armed tribal dispute in a village west of Mosul city on Friday, a security source in Ninewa police said.

“Two young men from al-Asi clan were killed on Friday (Feb. 6) in an armed feud in the area of al-Ulwaniya, northeast of Talafar district,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

Talafar lies 60 km west of Mosul.

“The two relatives came under fire while they were in a sheep souk (market),” the source added.

Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad.

AmR (P)

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