Tribal chief’s son killed in Mosul blast

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: A son of a chieftain of the Shamar clan was killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in Sinjar district, west of Mosul city, on Friday, a security source in Ninewa said. “The IED targeted the vehicle of the chieftain’s son near the main road of al-Biaaj district, west of Sinjar, (110 km) west of Mosul,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. He did not give more information about the incident. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1