South Mosul oil pipelines protection guard killed

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Gunmen shot dead a guard from the oil pipelines protection department south of Mosul city on Friday, according to a police source in Ninewa. “The gunmen opened fire on the guard at al-Irej village of Hammam al-Aleel area, (20 km) south of Mosul, killing him instantly,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. He added that the guard was on a leave from duty when the armed men attacked him. He said that the police cordoned off the area and opened an investigation, not giving further details. Mosul, the capital city of the violence-scarred province of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SKH (P)/AmR 1