Police officer gunned down in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: A Ninewa police officer in the rank of First Lieutenant was shot dead by unidentified gunmen fire in eastern Mosul city on Saturday, a security source said. “Unidentified gunmen opened fire on an officer of the Mosul Police Department’s Arbil Checkpoint near his house in al-Zuhoor neighborhood, eastern Mosul, today (Dec. 11),” killing him instantly,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. He did not give more information about the incident. Mosul, the capital city of the violence-stricken multi-ethnic province of Ninewa, lies 405 km south of Baghdad. AmR (P) 34