Gunman killed, 4 detained in Mosul raid

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: An army force shot dead a gunman and arrested four others in a raid searching for wanted persons in eastern Mosul city on Friday, an Iraqi military source said. “A force from the Iraqi army’s 2nd Division stationed in Mosul, acting upon intelligence tip-offs, killed a gunman during a raid on a hideout in al-Zahraa neighborhood, eastern Mosul,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The raiding force also captured four gunmen and seized an amount of arms, munitions and an explosive belt,” he added. Mosul, the capital city of the troubled province of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1