Gunmen shoot dead univ. professor in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Unidentified gunmen shot down a university professor after they raided his house in northern Mosul city on Sunday, according to a local police source. “Gunmen stormed the house of Ibrahim Mohammed al-Qassab, a professor at the Education College, Mosul University, in al-Jami’a neighborhood, northern Mosul, and opened fire on him, killing him instantly and escaping to an unknown place,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. Mosul, the capital city of the violence-ridden multi-ethnic province of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1