2 gunmen killed in IED blast they planted

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Two gunmen were killed while attempting to emplace and improvised an explosive device in eastern Mosul city on Sunday, a local police source in Ninewa informed. “The gunmen were killed when the IED they were about to plant went off near them on the main street in al-Zahraa neighborhood, eastern Mosul,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. He did not give further details about the incident. Mosul, the capital city of volatile province of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P)/SR 1