Unidentified body found near Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: An unidentified body of a civilian man was found west of Mosul city, according to a police source in Ninewa province on Saturday. “The body, found on Friday night in the village of al-Ashiq, Talafar district, (60 km) west of Mosul, showed signs of having been shot in the chest, back and neck,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The body was removed to a morgue,” he added. Mosul, the capital city of the volatile province of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P) 2