Civilian killed, IED blast wounds 2 in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: A civilian man was killed by unidentified gunmen fire while two others were wounded in an improvised explosive device attack separately in Mosul city on Thursday, a security source said. “Unidentified gunmen opened fire on Thursday (1-1-2009) at a civilian man in the area of Bab Sinjar, western Mosul, killing him instantly and escaping to an unknown place,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. He did not give more information about the incident. The same source also said that two civilians were wounded when a roadside IED went off in the area of al-Dawasa, central Mosul. “The wounded were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment,” he said. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1