3 gunmen wounded, 4th arrested in Talafar blast

NINEWA /Iraqi News Three gunmen were wounded while they were planting an explosive device in northern Talafar, while a fourth gunman was arrested following the blast, a local police chief said on Wednesday. “This evening, an improvised explosive device (IED) hit four gunmen inside a children’s toy store in al-Salam neighborhood, northern Talafar (60 km northwest of Mosul),” Col. Ali Hadi Obeid told Iraqi News Three gunmen were injured in the blast and taken to the hospital, while a fourth was arrested by the police, the official pointed out. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SS (P)/SR 2