Gunman killed as bomb explodes west of Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: One gunman was killed Tuesday in a bomb blast in west of Mosul city, according to a security source. “The gunman was killed when the bomb he was making exploded in Tamarat village in Talafar, west of Mosul,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “An army force rushed to the scene and found his body’s remnants,” the source added. Talafar is 60 km west of Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, which lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 1