Officer, soldier killed in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: One Iraqi army officer and one soldier were killed in two separate attacks in Mosul city, a source from the Ninewa province’s police said on Saturday. “The officer died instantaneously by a sniper’s bullet,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. He said that the soldier passed away in a separate incident when he came under gunmen’s fire. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. MH (P) /SR 1