Police gun down suicide bomber

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Police forces on Tuesday gunned down a suicide bomber before he could detonate himself at a security checkpoint in Ninewa province, according to a police source. “The police personnel shot him down before he could reach his target in western Mosul city,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “A policeman was wounded as a result of the blast that occurred when the explosives strapped to the bomber’s body went off,” the source added. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of the capital Baghdad. SS (P) 1