Jeweler killed by gunmen in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: A jeweler was killed on Tuesday by gunmen in eastern Mosul, according to a security source. “A civilian working as a jeweler was killed on Tuesday afternoon by gunmen in al-Maared region, eastern Mosul,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The victim, from Talafar district, west of Mosul, was killed while driving his private car in Maared region,” he added, noting that the victim had two brothers, who had been killed two years ago when a television bomb exploded inside his store in Mosul. He did not give more details. Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SH (TP) 573