Gunmen kill senior rural figure in Ninewa

March 19, 2009 - 11:30:33


NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: Unknown gunmen on Thursday killed the mayor of Doberdan village of Baasheqa district, east of Mosul city, said a security source from Ninewa province.

“The armed men shot dead Khalil Dhahir Abdilrahman, and then escaped,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“Police forces started an investigation to apprehend the assassins,” he added.

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

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