Two Christian brothers killed in Mosul, north Iraq

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Two Christian brothers have been killed when armed men opened fire on them in western Mosul on Monday, a Ninewa police source said. “A group of armed men opened fire on two Christian brothers, working in the Industrial area of west Mosul‘s Igab district, killing them on the spot,” the source added. He stressed that “Both victims were in their fifties of age,” adding that the Army forces had cordoned the Industrial area and began an inspection campaign searching for the attackers.” Mosul, the center of Ninewa Province, is 405 km to the north of Baghdad. SKH/SR 1