Assistant director detained for financing gunmen

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: An assistant director of a local department in Ninewa’s Mosul city was detained on charges of financing armed groups, an army source said on Wednesday. “A force from the third Brigade of the Quick Intervention Corps (QIC) arrested the assistant director of the Social Care Department in Ninewa, alongside his son, in al-Sukar neighborhood, northern Mosul,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Investigations are currently underway,” the source added. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SS (P)/SR 1