Iraqi soldier killed in eastern Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: An Iraqi soldier was killed by gunmen in eastern Mosul on Tuesday, according to a security source. “Unknown gunmen opened fire on an Iraqi army soldier while on duty at an Iraqi army checkpoint in al-Methaq neighborhood in eastern Mosul ,” the source told Iraqi News. Mosul , the capital of Ninewa, is 405 km north of Baghdad . SH (P)/SR 1