Gunmen shoot down civilian out of mosque in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Unidentified gunmen killed a civilian man right after stepping out of a mosque in al-Amil neighborhood, western Mosul, on Thursday, a local police source in Ninewa said. “The gunmen opened fire at the man after he performed the evening prayers, killing him instantly,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The gunmen later vanished into the alleys of al-Amil neighborhood,” he added. Mosul, the capital city of the volatile province of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P) 2