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2 gunmen killed in clashes with policemen in Mosul

March 21, 2009 - 06:32:28

NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: Two gunmen were killed in clashes with police forces in western Mosul city on Saturday, a security source said.

“The two gunmen were killed in the clashes that erupted with a force from the National Police’s Mosul Brigade’s 2nd Division in the area of al-Mosul al-Jadida (New Mosul), in the western part of the city,” the source, who is from the Ninewa Operations Command (NOC), told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“The two gunmen’s bodies were removed to a morgue in the city,” he added.

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

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