Retired officer gunned down in Mosul

March 7, 2009 - 09:18:08

NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: A former army officer was killed by unknown gunmen in western Mosul city, according to a security source.

“On Friday evening, unknown gunmen opened fire on a former Iraqi army brigadier near his house in Tammuz 17 neighborhood, western Mosul, killing him on the spot,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
The body was taken to the morgue, the source explained, providing no further details.