Guard killed in crowded souk in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: A personnel from the Facility Protection Department (FPD) was killed near his workplace inside a crowded souk (outdoor market) in central Mosul city on Friday, a police source in Ninewa said. “The FPD guard of the Balat al-Shohadaa Bank, was killed after a gunman fired two bullets at his head in the pedestrian-crammed area of Bab al-Toub,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The uniform-clad guard was 50 meters away from his position near for purposes of shopping when the gunman attacked him and escaped to an unknown place,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1