Bomber killed in northern Talafar

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: A suicide bomber was killed on Thursday in an explosive belt blast in northern Talafar, an army source said. “The bomber was killed in the small hours of Thursday (Oct. 29) when an explosive belt, which he was attempting to put it on, went off inside his house in al-Salam neighborhood in northern Talafar,” Colonel Shehab Ahmad told IraqiNews.com news agency. Meanwhile, Talafar police chief, Colonel Ali Hadi Ubeid, told IraqiNews.com news agency that unknown gunmen attacked a policeman yesterday night in front of his house in Alwa village, northern Talafar, using light weapons, killing him instantly. He added no further details. Talafar is 60 km northwest of Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, which lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 1