2 brothers killed by gunmen in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Unidentified gunmen shot down two brothers in an old neighborhood in western Mosul city on Friday, a local police source in Ninewa said. “Two brothers were killed when gunmen opened fire on them in al-Tanak neighborhood, western Mosul,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “One of the brothers was killed inside his house when unidentified gunmen raided it and opened fire on him while his brother was killed at the doorstep when he was entering the house,” he added. “The two brothers are drivers and both in their 30s,” he said, not giving more details about the incident or the motives. Mosul, the capital city of the violence-ridden multi-ethnic province of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P)/SR 1